Unemployment in the U.S.

Published in Argenpress
(Argentina ) on 13 April 2010
by Nestor Nunez (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Ashley Bell . Edited by Jessica Boesl.
You can imagine that many U.S. citizens are asking about the results of the anti-crisis measures adopted by the White House, from the initial aid calculations by George W. Bush to the actions administered by the current administration, giving public money to speculators to continue the revelry.

Because in fact, this is what has happened in the United States and in Europe, where the disaster arrived as an epidemic from the properties of the senior partner.

Billions of dollars from public funds passed into the hands of ruined banks, failing real estate, businesses barely hanging on... and the logic of many people led them to think that something would change — that along with the "assistance" money, at least a rule of conduct would be formulated for the generators of the chaos.

However, the cheap, insulting and crazy speculation continued to dominate the financial markets of the great imperial powers and, with a lot of audacity, you could bet on "recovery" purely because job losses, real estate sales and the forms for the unemployed seeking relief could be "less than expected" in a certain period of time.

After scarcely a few days, for example, record rises in the prices of oil and some industrial metals were reported on account of the supposed "greening" of the capitalist economy.

It was cited with great fanfare that the pace of job creation in the U.S. gained greater momentum last March than had been seen in the past three years. This was translated into 162,000 new jobs.

From this perspective, everything seems wonderful.... and it is for exactly this reason that the gamblers of the markets use and spread this data.

Nevertheless, when one looks seriously and responsibly at the details, one sees another, very different panorama.

In fact, these 162,000 new jobs are much below the figure of 200,000 that was predicted by experts and not less than 48,000 of these correspond to transitional contracts.

Furthermore, in spite of the "achievement" in question, the number of people without work in the United States has not changed from the 9.7 percent reported a while ago, and if you add to this the people who are underemployed, this number goes up to almost 17 percent.

We should know what the seven million U.S. citizens classified today, according to Made in USA research, as "long term unemployed" are saying about such high levels of optimism.


Es de imaginar que muchos ciudadanos norteamericanos se pregunten por los resultados de las medidas anticrisis adoptadas por la Casa Blanca desde los iniciales cálculos de socorro de George W. Bush hasta la mano suelta de la actual administración, entregando los dineros públicos a los especuladores para que siguiesen el jolgorio.

Porque en realidad eso es lo que ha sucedido en los Estados Unidos y en la Europa donde la debacle llegó como epidemia desde los predios del socio mayor.

Miles de millones de dólares del erario público pasaron a manos de bancas quebradas, inmobiliarias en caída, empresas colgadas de las brochas… y la lógica de mucha gente les inducía a pensar que algo cambiaría, y junto con la plata de “ayuda” se formularía al menos un reglamento de comportamiento para los generadores del caos.

Sin embargo, la especulación barata, insultante y loca, sigue dominando los mercados financieros de las grandes potencias imperiales y con toda desfachatez se apuesta a la “recuperación” sencillamente porque pérdidas de empleo, ventas de inmuebles o planillas de desempleados solicitando socorro, pueden ser “menos que lo esperado” en determinado período de tiempo.

Hace apenas unos días, por ejemplo, se reportaron subidas récord en los precios del petróleo y de algunos metales industriales, a cuenta del pretendido reverdecimiento de la economía capitalista.

Se citó a bombo y platillo el dato de que el ritmo de creación de empleos en EEUU cobró en marzo último impulso no registrado en los tres últimos años, y se tradujo en 162 mil nuevos puestos de trabajo.

Dicho así, todo parece de maravillas…y es precisamente hasta ahí que los tahúres de las bolsas utilizan y divulgan los datos.

Sin embargo, cuando con seriedad y responsabilidad se va a los detalles, el panorama es otro, y muy diferente.

De hecho, esos 162 mil nuevos empleos están muy por debajo de la cifra de 200 mil pronosticada por los expertos y, de ellos, no menos de 48 mil corresponden a contratos transitorios.

Por demás, a pesar del “logro” en cuestión, el índice de personas sin trabajo en los Estados Unidos no ha variado desde el 9,7 por ciento reportado tiempo atrás, y si se suman las personas que laboran por tiempo limitado, esa cifra se dispara hasta casi 17 por ciento.

Debería saberse qué dicen sobre tan elevado optimismo los siete millones de norteamericanos clasificados hoy, según los registros Made in USA, como “parados de larga duración”.
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