A Real State of the Union Address
by James Buchanan
Once again Americans got to see the Commander-in-Chief babble on about how great everything is. There’s just one little problem: reality. Naturally a partisan spokesman is not going to give us an accurate picture of the economy and the latest nation-building attempt in the Third World so why not eliminate the president’s State of the Union address and replace it with a REAL State of the Union address put together by impartial analysts based on facts, not wishful thinking.
Among the facts that most Americans might want to know are: employment statistics and why the unemployment percentage never goes to zero. While it’s true that some people simply refuse to work, the official unemployment number is based on the percentage of people who want to work and still can’t find jobs. Big business conspires with our government to make sure a certain percentage of Americans remain unemployed. This allows business to pay much, much less in salaries since there are more workers than jobs. If unemployment ever went to zero, then workers could pick and choose which jobs they wanted. They could get increasingly better salaries and working conditions. Of course, big business doesn’t want employees having the edge so zero unemployment never happens. (more…)