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Can someone please explain to me in detail why unemployment remained so high from the late 60’s to mid 80’s?

Community Organizer in Chief asked:
I am unclear on a cohesive reason for said sluggish job growth.
Did I say anything about the years 1990-2000? I asked why job creation was so sluggish between the late 60’s and mid 80’s. I have the graph of unemployment if you want to see it.
No one will get a [...]

Why are some Republicans anti-jobs?

MyOpinionOnly asked:
I realize that not ALL Republicans feel this way, but I answered a question about why the White House is lying about the amount of jobs that the stimulus provided, and received thumbs down b/c of my response. It was:
Not sure what numbers the White House has provided, but I can tell you [...]

Why do so many think McCain in mid-70’s is too old to be president?

Joaquin? asked:
I’ve heard a few doctors talk about what may be signs of early dementia, but clearly he does a good job at hiding it from us.
So, why do so many worry about electing someone that old?
I understand, but he probably still has most of his mental clarity left. By the time he could [...]

Why are Republicans so adamant about “executive experience” yet throughout history?

孫子兵法 asked:
..it has no barrier of being good in what they do in the White House?
Richard Nixon was one of the most experienced people ever to take the office of president – having served in the Senate and eight years as vice president – yet he made a thorough mess of things domestically [...]

Did anyone else notice this? The difference between the 90s and now?

g asked:
in the 90s… Clinton’s tax rate was higher…
and I don’t work in tech business… and I’m fairly low/mid level…. (I’m at a higher position now than when I started)
but in the 90s, there were huge bonuses, big pay increases even for those that didn’t do the best jobs, jobs everywhere if you didn’t [...]

You can work your way up the class system but how many do ?

Trout asked:
What are some of the lower paid jobs ? Fast food which employ’s millions and working on a line at a factory (unless it is unionized) warehouses and retail outlets – that is a huge sum of people who are all the working poor the lowest paid
And the middle class ? [...]