tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post114928857356532647..comments2024-03-25T06:39:42.081-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: Taft, GOP: Where are the jobs?Fr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1149354417428986932006-06-03T13:06:00.000-04:002006-06-03T13:06:00.000-04:00Fr. Fox:I live in an area where the unemployment r...Fr. Fox:<BR/><BR/>I live in an area where the unemployment rate is quite close to the national average. Most of the long-term unemployed I know are in that position because they either have dropped out of the labor force altogether, for good reason, or refuse to be underemployed. Since I have to pay child support, neither option is open to me. As a result, I'm a PhD who works an average of 50 hours a week as a courier—a job that doesn't even require a college education.<BR/><BR/>That situation is rather common. I consider it a far worse problem for this country than unemployment.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>MikeMike Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18100363229707213441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1149298355139830822006-06-02T21:32:00.000-04:002006-06-02T21:32:00.000-04:00I am just old enough to remember Jim Rhodes. I dou...I am just old enough to remember Jim Rhodes. I doubt he would have governed the way Taft has in Ohio. I feel terribly sorry for Ohioans under the Bob Taft boot.Deacon David Oatneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895500028831981591noreply@blogger.com