Quotes about Unemployment

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden. Votes: 7

Unemployment diminishes people. Leisure enlarges them. Votes: 6

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders. Votes: 6

Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed. Votes: 6

Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program Votes: 6

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results. Votes: 6

Unemployment is like a headache or a high temperature - unpleasant and exhausting but not carrying in itself any explanation of its cause. Votes: 6

The goal of the future is full unemployment Votes: 5

The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. Votes: 5

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. Votes: 5

Hunger is not the worst feature of unemployment; idleness is. Votes: 4

Of all aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment. Votes: 4

This would, at a stroke, reducetherise in prices, increase productivity, and reduce unemployment. Votes: 4

In the long run, the right answer to unemployment is to create more jobs. Votes: 4

Any system of economics is bankrupt if it sees either value or virtue in unemployment. Votes: 4

The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning you're on the job. Votes: 4

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth. Votes: 4

In Greece, the unemployment rate has risen to 22%. The solution to the problem was to raise taxes on the rich, according to the Greek president Barack Obama-opolis. Votes: 4

No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order. Votes: 4

Literally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level. Votes: 4

The White House says that the unemployment rate is good news because it means more people are looking for jobs. More good news like that, and everyone at the White House will be looking for jobs. Votes: 4

It is difficult to understand precisely what the state hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare and crime. Votes: 4

A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its wasteful squandering, to enable the poor man to bank it up for use hereafter, this surely is one of the most urgent tasks before civilization. Votes: 4

An economy cannot long remain prosperous by government's taxing and spending more, now absorbing national output at a rate equal to the entire income of every American living west of the Mississippi. If this trend continues, America will gradually sink into the status of a Third World nation - more unemployment, more shackles on production, more poverty. Votes: 4

Unemployment is a reproach to a democratic government. Votes: 3

The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right. Votes: 3

Unemployment doles can have no other effect than the perpetuation of unemployment. Votes: 3

Unemployment is rarely considered desirable except by those who have not experienced it. Votes: 3

Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability. Votes: 3

Unemployment is bigger than a political party. It is a national danger and a national scandal. Votes: 3

Unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcy - the cure is not more government spending, but helping businesses create jobs. Votes: 3

Unemployment is low, incomes are up, poverty is down - and that's going to be a lasting change. Votes: 3

Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education. Votes: 3

Like many places across the country, Wisconsin lost more than 100,000 jobs from 2008 to 2010. Unemployment during that time topped out at over 9%. Votes: 3

Unemployment is down, confidence is up, DOW 5,000 above Bush - or as Republicans put it, let's talk about gay people and abortion! Votes: 3

There must be 15 shows about people's jobs: 'Ice Road Trucker,' 'Axe Men,' 'Dirty Jobs.' Unemployment is so high, we're watching people work. Votes: 3

Prices are going up. Unemployment continues to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by our Federal Reserve system. Votes: 3

President Obama's policies have been categorical failures for our country. Unemployment is over nine percent, our deficits are growing, and small businesses are being burdened with regulations. Votes: 3

Prices are going up. Unemployment is continue to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by our Federal Reserve system. Votes: 3

Unemployment in America today is too high. And part of the reason, unfortunately, is that many companies cannot fill the high-skilled jobs increasingly at risk of going overseas. Votes: 3

Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country. Votes: 3

As [House] speaker, I came back, working with President Bill Clinton. We passed a very Reagan-like program: less regulation, lower taxes. Unemployment dropped to 4.2 percent. We created 11 million jobs. Votes: 3

Unemployment determination in a modern economy was the main subject area of my research from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Votes: 3

We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction. Votes: 3

By 1939, the Depression was back. Unemployment was huge. Roosevelt didn't have any quick fix. Remember, the New Deal, Works Progress Administration, and Civilian Conservation Corps - all that happened years before. Roosevelt was riding a storm. Votes: 3

Unemployment is 'involuntary' when the price is above its market clearing level. Workers are unemployed because jobs are not available at the prevailing wages, period. The only recourse is to either expand the number of jobs or somehow lower the wage. Votes: 3

At twenty-seven years old, I was diagnosed HIV. Three years later I decide to dedicate the remainder of my life to art. Leaving work and refusing the assistance of Unemployment Insurance or Welfare, I challenged myself to live completely through my art. Votes: 3

Four specters haunt the Poor - Old Age, Accident, Sickness and Unemployment. We are going to exorcise them. We are going to drive hunger from the hearth. We mean to banish the workhouse from the horizon of every workman in the land. Votes: 3

I have just explained my idea of how a constructive period of reflection, one that would send a clear message to the citizens of Europe: You should now what our priorities are. For Germany this means: Unemployment is one of one of our biggest problems. Votes: 3

Racism is worse than ever. Violence is worse than ever. The economy's worse than ever. Unemployment's worse than ever. And it's Democrats that have been running the show, with the first African-American president at the top of the heap, and it didn't get any better? Votes: 3

Racism is worse than ever. Violence is worse than ever. The economy's worse than ever. Unemployment's worse than ever. And it's Democrats that have been running the show, with the first African-American president at the top of the heap, and it didn't get any better? Votes: 3

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth, and other social problems. Votes: 2

Speaker Pelosi says unemployment benefits are economic stimulus. Those are bare-bones benefits. Votes: 2

The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic. Votes: 2

It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth. Votes: 2

As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge. Votes: 2

Despite our high rate of unemployment, 300,000 jobs go unfilled largely because many of the unemployed lack the skills needed today as a result of technological progress. Votes: 2

Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory. Votes: 2

Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment. Votes: 2

Giving Northern Europe a veto over Southern Europe's budgets will not hold a monetary union together. The euro zone will continue to need the weaker countries to stomach decades of high unemployment to grind down wages. Votes: 2

Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is hurting the future of the Hispanic community and we need to carry that message. Votes: 2

Unprecedented technological capabilities combined with unlimited human creativity have given us tremendous power to take on intractable problems like poverty, unemployment, disease, and environmental degradation. Our challenge is to translate this extraordinary potential into meaningful change. Votes: 2

Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate. Votes: 2

The harsh reality is that if you are middle-aged, write computer code for a living, and earn a six-figure salary, you're headed for the unemployment lines. Your market value declines as you age, and it becomes harder and harder to get a job. Votes: 2

America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allows unemployment compensation, the judiciary, the federal court system, the federal prison system, all those kinds of things have to be paid for. Votes: 2

If you look at people who seek a lot of care in American cities for multiple illnesses, it's usually people with a number of overwhelming illnesses and a lot of social problems, like housing instability, unemployment, lack of insurance, lack of housing, or just bad housing. Votes: 2

Big ideas, big ambitious projects need to be embedded within culture at a level deeper than the political winds. It needs to be deeper than the economic fluctuations that could turn people against an expensive project because they're on an unemployment line and can't feed their families. Votes: 2

Education is the key to the future: You've heard it a million times, and it's not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment rates, and better-educated countries grow faster and innovate more than other countries. But going to college is not enough. You also have to study the right subjects. Votes: 2

We know that to compete for the jobs of the 21st century and thrive in a global economy, we need a growing, skilled and educated workforce, particularly in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. Americans with bachelor's degrees have half the unemployment rate of those with a high school degree. Votes: 2

Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world as a skater. And now? A lot of people in eastern Germany have lost jobs, rents went up, food costs went up, unemployment went to 20 percent. Freedom is good, but it is not easy. Votes: 2

I could have easily been a statistic. Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., it was easy - a little too easy - to get into trouble. Surrounded by poor schools, lack of resources, high unemployment rates, poverty, gangs and more, I watched as many of my peers fell victim to a vicious cycle of diminished opportunities and imprisonment. Votes: 2

I did a show called 'Freaks and Geeks' when I was very young. And I had the naivete and arrogance of youth. You know, I really assumed that when the show got cancelled, like, oh, it doesn't matter, you just keep rolling, you know. I'm about to be the biggest star of the world. And then I was met with five years of unemployment. Votes: 2

You can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one of those jobs that is an honest job, but it doesn't pay as much. And so, that's what's happened to us is that we have put in so much entitlement into our government, that we really have spoiled our citizenry and said you don't want the jobs that are available. Votes: 2

We Conservatives hate unemployment. Votes: 0

Any degree of unemployment worries me. Votes: 0

There is no unemployment in eco-systems Votes: 0

Jazz is the music of unemployment. Votes: 0

The final solution for unemployment is work. Votes: 0

There is nothing inevitable about rising unemployment. Votes: 0

It is sensible to have a safeguard against unemployment. Votes: 0

Famine and unemployment are the raw material for dictatorships. Votes: 0

The war photographer's most fervent wish is for unemployment Votes: 0

Centers of unionism are also the centers of unemployment. Votes: 0

I learned that unemployment can be the great educator. Votes: 0

You can have a wages policy imposed by mass unemployment. Votes: 0

What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment. Votes: 0

What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment. Votes: 0

No president has ever been elected with unemployment over 8 percent. Votes: 0

Shouldn't the long-term goal of any society be complete unemployment? Votes: 0

It is well known that unemployment benefits raise unemployment durations. Votes: 0

I did go through a period where I was on unemployment. Votes: 0

Every day I've got to hear about unemployment and people starving. Votes: 0

The only way to eliminate unemployment is to eliminate unemployment benefits. Votes: 0

Four specters haunt the poor - old age, accident, sickness and unemployment Votes: 0

Certainly, 9 percent unemployment and very slow growth is not a good situation. Votes: 0

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems. Votes: 0

I don't believe in hell. I believe in unemployment, but not hell. Votes: 0

I think no one has ever been re-elected with unemployment over 7.6 percent. Votes: 0

There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block. Votes: 0

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results. Votes: 0

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results. Votes: 0

The automatic stabilizer is unemployment insurance, food stamps, additional coverage of Medicaid. Votes: 0

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency. Votes: 0

People are increasingly concerned about unemployment, but Republicans have nothing to offer them. Votes: 0

Computers can solve all kinds of problems except the unemployment problem they create. Votes: 0

There will not be an automatic increase in interest rate when unemployment hits 6.5%. Votes: 0

When you lose your job, the unemployment rate isn't four percent, it's 100 percent. Votes: 0

The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites. Votes: 0

The employment rates are in very bad shape. We vastly underestimate the unemployment Votes: 0

Democrats have an answer to the unemployment problem. They're all running for the Presidency. Votes: 0

The way Obama voters and non-Obama voters deal with unemployment are a very different. Votes: 0

Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens. Votes: 0

You are not going to revive the unemployment of 26 million Americans with tax cuts. Votes: 0

It takes about two and a half percent growth just to keep unemployment stable. Votes: 0

Inflation is the parent of unemployment and the unseen robber of those who have saved. Votes: 0

China has no income tax, no unemployment and not a single soldier outside its borders. Votes: 0

We need to give importance to skill development because this way we can end unemployment. Votes: 0

Continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work. Votes: 0

The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow. Votes: 0

Enterprise Washington is economic development in areas of high unemployment around the state of Washington. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans. Votes: 0

If there is unemployment in America, it is because the unemployed do not want to work. Votes: 0

Nevada was hit hardest by the recession - highest unemployment, highest foreclosure rate, highest bankruptcy rate. Votes: 0

I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception. Votes: 0

History shows that tax increases during a recession are a recipe for greater unemployment and economic loss. Votes: 0

The world is endless, the universe inexhaustible, and the human brain will never be threatened with unemployment. Votes: 0

Bush said the unemployment situation is turning around. Last week alone, 5,000 people started working for John Kerry. Votes: 0

Globalization creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment. Votes: 0

No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land. Votes: 0

Once you stop looking for a job, you are no longer considered part of the unemployment number. Votes: 0

Prolonged unemployment is a tragedy of broken lives, broken families, foreclosed homes, and life without health insurance. Votes: 0

If you subsidize apples, you get more apples; if you subsidize unemployment, you get more of it. Votes: 0

It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago. Votes: 0

History teaches that the level of unemployment is not as important as whether the rate's going down. Votes: 0

Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy. Votes: 0

Two-point-seven percent unemployment equates to -- everybody who wants to work is working. It equates to full employment. Votes: 0

All too often unemployment is used as an excuse for misbehaving when jobs are available within walking distance. Votes: 0

If heaven really exists: then heaven is the job, hell is unemployment, while life is merely an interview. Votes: 0

In the 1930s one was aware of two great evils - mass unemployment and the threat of war. Votes: 0

In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed. Votes: 0

Very early in my childhood I associated poverty, toil, unemployment, drunkenness, cruelty, quarreling, fighting, debts, jail with large families. Votes: 0

Slowly but surely, we are decreasing unemployment and we are restoring confidence to the future of the Greek economy. Votes: 0

Work did bestow dignity, status, meaning. Wasn't that why people dreaded unemployment, why some men found retirement so traumatic? Votes: 0

Once the true relationship between inflation and unemployment is understood, with luck and skill, a free lunch is possible. Votes: 0

I just remember all those days in the unemployment line, stressed out over when my next job was coming. Votes: 0

I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office. Votes: 0

Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster. Votes: 0

All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree. Votes: 0

Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle. Votes: 0

Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare. Votes: 0

Mark Kirk: Lied about going to war. Opposed middle class tax cuts. And said unemployment's not that big an issue. Votes: 0

There is no easy fix or youth unemployment. Partnership between the public and private sectors can make a big difference. Votes: 0

There's nothing like a little bit of unemployment to kick the stuffing out of you when things are going well. Votes: 0

I think actors always have that fear of unemployment so when the opportunities are there, you just jump on them. Votes: 0

If you pay people not to work and tax them when they do, don't be surprised if you get unemployment. Votes: 0

With unemployment still abysmally high, the Obama economy is crushing Hispanics' dreams for their children to live a better life. Votes: 0

In response to a suggestion that total free trade would end in cheaper foreign products flooding the market and causing unemployment. Votes: 0

Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That's not a statement, it's a definition. Votes: 0

With two civil wars, an al-Qaida presence and 40% unemployment, what else is President Saleh waiting for? He should leave office now. Votes: 0

Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. Votes: 0

The 1930s had been a time of tremendous economic distress. And the unemployment rate was enormously high by any historic standard. Votes: 0

Looking to the future I see in the further acceleration of science continuous jobs for our workers. Science will cure unemployment. Votes: 0

There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works. One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that. Votes: 0

The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That's why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system. Votes: 0

Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign. Votes: 0

In 2012 President Obama didn't go anywhere near African-American communities. Why? Because unemployment was so high there, he didn't want to address it. Votes: 0

The economy is better than the one President [Barack] Obama inherited, and unemployment is lower, but the unemployment rate gap remains large. Votes: 0

This is a dishonest administration, because it is becoming clear that the unemployment statistics of the [Barack] Obama administration are not believable. Votes: 0

Because of our youthful population, we suffer from unemployment in Iran. We need more universities and more job opportunities for the young. Votes: 0

I always had a trunk full of good reviews. I'd get magnificent reviews, and I'd be standing out on the unemployment line! Votes: 0

The periods of unemployment accompanying depression in the business cycle . . . present a challenge to all our claims to progress, humanity, and civilization. Votes: 0

I've been in this business 25 years. I've been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway... I've seen the unemployment line a lot. Votes: 0

Amongst high unemployment rates, a competitive job market and a shrinking global economy, the emerging social media industry only continues to grow. Votes: 0

If you had to have a diploma or a GED to collect unemployment, you'd see a lot more kids staying in school. Votes: 0

I think it's a little insulting, a bit insulting to American workers when Rand Paul says that unemployment insurance is a disservice. Votes: 0

What happened in Queensland is that people are facing high unemployment relative to other states - 5.7 per cent when I last checked. Votes: 0

When we say Bharat Vijay Rally, we intend to focus on making India emerge victorious over price rise, corruption, unemployment and mis-governance. Votes: 0

It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment. Votes: 0

People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created. Votes: 0

I never went too long without a job. The problem was a lot of the early jobs are almost more demoralizing than unemployment. Votes: 0

It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death. Votes: 0

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice, to employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protectior against unemployment. Votes: 0

The unemployment rate went down as I was governor of Massachusetts. We were losing jobs every month when I came into the state. Votes: 0

If higher unemployment is the price we have to pay in order to bring inflation down, then it is a price worth paying. Votes: 0

The unemployment numbers are down to the lowest in 25 years.... The principle credit goes to Janet Reno, who continued to appoint special prosecutors. Votes: 0

Who says there's an unemployment problem in this country? Just take the five percent unemployed and give them a baseball stat to follow. Votes: 0

Stop costly new regulations that would increase unemployment, raise consumer prices, and weaken the nation's global competitiveness with virtually no impact on global temperatures. Votes: 0

A tight-money policy reinforces inequality in two ways. Its high interest rates disproportionately reward the rich, and the resulting unemployment disproportionately punishes the poor. Votes: 0

During Governor Jennifer Granholm's administration, Michigan has experienced job losses, declining personal incomes, diminishing home values, and the highest unemployment rate in the nation. Votes: 0

Those of us in the Congress must confront and overcome Republican intransigence to increasing the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance and protecting food stamps. Votes: 0

The proportionality of what has happened to America because of unemployment and housing makes everything else look like a flea on a dog's ass. Votes: 0

Whenever you hear news about jobless claims or the unemployment rate, you should translate that in your mind to one simple phrase: Stay in school. Votes: 0

I can understand the dilemma of growing up in a bubble, and then not knowing what to do when unemployment beckons and reality bursts in. Votes: 0

The president wants more tax money in Washington. I want more money left in the communities, particularly poor communities, particularly communities that have high unemployment. Votes: 0

Currently a level of unemployment of 7% or more seems to be required to keep inflation from accelerating, a level quite unacceptable as a permanent situation. Votes: 0

Rising unemployment and the recession have been the price that we have had to pay to get inflation down. That price is well worth paying. Votes: 0

The unemployment rate is now at 9.2%, which is scary, because experts say 9.5 is the point at which people are desperate enough to consider Michele Bachmann. Votes: 0

I say after eight years of this Administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started. "¦ And an enormous debt to boot! Votes: 0

The wiping out of millions of homes took away Black and Brown wealth. It drove poverty, it drove unemployment, it drove people to food stamps. Votes: 0

The economic issues are most vital for us and it is of the highest importance that we should fight our biggest enemies - Poverty, unemployment. Votes: 0

Going on unemployment was a total low point for me, but it was also the point when I promised myself I'd write every day from 9 to 5. Votes: 0

Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them. Votes: 0

It's easy to say that entrepreneurs will create jobs and big companies will create unemployment, but this is simplistic. The real question is who will innovate. Votes: 0

People who are poor, they suffer a lot. And people drink a lot and people take a lot of downers and there's a lot of unemployment. Votes: 0

Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and low-paying jobs. Votes: 0

Extending federal unemployment insurance is vital for millions of Americans laid off through no fault of their own, and it serves as an important economic stimulus. Votes: 0

Nuclear is not only emissions-free, but renewing our commitment to nuclear power will create countless jobs at a time when our nation endures nearly double-digit unemployment. Votes: 0

For me, there will be no enemies but unemployment, the deficit, excessive debt, economic stagnation and anything else that keeps our country in these critical circumstances. Votes: 0

For three decades, we have sought to solve the problems of unemployment through government planning, and the more the plans fail, the more the planners plan. Votes: 0

I did go through a period where I was on unemployment. That was my low point: Martha Quinn on line at unemployment, hoping nobody will recognize her. Votes: 0

If there's unemployment, having the government help reduce that unemployment, increase employment directly is a pretty good idea. It's not driving out competition; it's not crowding out. Votes: 0

I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, and they were getting ready for a life of unemployment, so they're just happy I'm in work! Votes: 0

Almost every key indicator of the current economy - unemployment, deficits, housing, energy - argues that Obama's reactionary all-powerful statist approach has only made things far worse. Votes: 0

Not graduating high school on time leads to fewer chances of attending college and obtaining good paying jobs, and creates instead higher chances of incarceration and unemployment. Votes: 0

I have a bad time between jobs because I'm always convinced I'll never work again. I think it may be an English thing, this fear of unemployment. Votes: 0

For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation. Votes: 0

Can you ever "solve" poverty? Can you ever "solve" crime? Can you ever "solve" disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no. Votes: 0

And if you like 14.4 percent unemployment, if you like the fact that 70 percent of home mortgages in Nevada are underwater, then stay the course. Vote for Harry Reid. Votes: 0

We've set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy has gone up. Votes: 0

And if you like 14.4 percent unemployment, if you like the fact that 70 percent of home mortgages in Nevada are underwater, then stay the course. Vote for Harry Reid Votes: 0

Nothing could be further from the truth than the claim that we have a choice between cutting tax and cutting unemployment, for the two go hand in hand. Votes: 0

A certain inequality in regard to property still exists in a socialist society. But in a socialist society there is no unemployment, no exploitation, no oppression of nationalities. Votes: 0

I really don't understand the idea of a celebrity stylist. Is it a real job? I know there's unemployment, but frankly the railways need to be fixed, too. Votes: 0

It's hard for me to imagine a philosopher disconnected from the world, indifferent to the cares of his country, unmoved by poverty, unemployment: I am a committed citizen. Votes: 0

Have you noticed that all the news, statistics, strategies about unemployment are provided by those who are employed? As soon as you are unemployed you cease to exist ... Votes: 0

Man is about to be deprived of a great pole - work routine. The nightmare of capitalist society is unemployment; the nightmare of cybernetic society will be employment. Votes: 0

Economically, long-term joblessness means fewer dollars for consumption. For deficit control, it means fewer taxpayers contributing to government revenues and tens of billions more spent on unemployment insurance. Votes: 0

What are these so-called austerity measures? What do they really bring? Oh, they bring a lot more poverty. Oh, they bring a worse GDP. Oh, they bring more unemployment. Votes: 0

Higher unemployment generally bodes well for franchising. People are looking for a new opportunity, and people who have jobs are a little less confident they'll always have a job. Votes: 0

Ultimately, your economy has to be measured in the real eyes of real people, not simply in statistics that appear in newspapers about the unemployment rate and so forth. Votes: 0

A perfect storm is in the making: financial uncertainty, economic downturn, government cuts, rising unemployment and a future that looks less clear the more we try to fathom it. Votes: 0

Low unemployment numbers are clear indicators that Republican tax relief and economic policies are spurring growth and helping businesses hire new workers while providing American families with job security. Votes: 0

I am convinced that ... we have reestablished confidence. Wages should remain stable. A very large degree of industrial unemployment and suffering which would otherwise have occurred has been prevented. Votes: 0

The internal conditions in Iran are worsening in all aspects. Poverty and unemployment are becoming more severe, despite the fact that Iran has turned into a developed and industrialized country. Votes: 0

In a world of massive wealth and income inequality, Europe must support Greece’s efforts to build an economy which creates more jobs and income, not more unemployment and suffering. Votes: 0

Generous unemployment benefits can increase both structural and frictional unemployment. So government policies intended to help workers can have the undesirable side effect of raising the natural rate of unemployment. Votes: 0

The Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment, and general recession. The Tunisian revolution is not far from us. The Arab citizen entered an unprecedented state of anger and frustration. Votes: 0

We're starting to see, as the economy improves, that the unemployment rate among veterans and military spouses - we're seeing some improvement in those numbers. And that's a good thing. Votes: 0

With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that. Votes: 0

The tax rate increases reduce economic growth; they shrink the pie; they cause more poverty, more despair, more unemployment, which are all things government is trying to alleviate with spending. Votes: 0

The U.S. should take notes: Government overspending and a campaign of alienating investors and small business isn't really the best way to boost the economy or overcome massive unemployment. Votes: 0

Being out of a job can erode people's confidence and their sense of possibility; and employers, often unfairly, tend to take long-term unemployment as a signal that something is wrong. Votes: 0

In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. I hear about somebody getting a job at Starbucks and I get jealous. Votes: 0

In the capitalist society there is a place and bread for all. Its ability to expand provides sustenance for every worker. Permanent unemployment is not a feature of free capitalism. Votes: 0

Does anybody has President Obama's phone number? 'Cause I have figure out why the unemployment rate in the United States is so high. Because Zack Ryder's doing all the jobs. Votes: 0

Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation. Votes: 0

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. Votes: 0

Being upright and uncompromising will lead to unemployment by themselves. But to be willfully ignorant of a calling in life as well, that is the denial of a born alcoholic. Votes: 0

Ahh, Otunga. I hope you keep depending on your wife. I hope she keeps making movies because while she's walking the red carpet, you're gonna be walking the unemployment line. Votes: 0

Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of Americans are graduating from college. Home ownership rates are higher. And the violent crime rate has decreased. Votes: 0

After a generation of misrule under Mr. Hussein, who built a huge military infrastructure while neglecting civilian investment, and a dozen years of United Nations sanctions, Iraq's unemployment rate tops 50 percent. Votes: 0

Our whole economy and society is already being changed by the fact that we have increasing unemployment, mass unemployment and that's what we're facing in the future because of increasing automation. Votes: 0

No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one. Votes: 0

No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one. Votes: 0

My job was to teach the whole corpus of economic theory, but there were two subjects in which I was especially interested, namely, the economics of mass unemployment and international economics. Votes: 0

The U.S. unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in nearly seven years. The job sector that has seen the most growth is in the field of Republican presidential candidates. Votes: 0

To try to cure unemployment by inflation rather than by adjustment of specific wage-rates is like trying to adjust the piano to the stool rather than the stool to the piano. Votes: 0

So what are the effects of increasing minimum wages? Any Econ 101 student can tell you the answer: The higher wage reduces the quantity of labor demanded, and hence leads to unemployment. Votes: 0

People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in people's home lives, domestic stuff. Votes: 0

Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high-paying, high-upside job offers any time they want, while national unemployment and underemployment is sky high Votes: 0

Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high-paying, high-upside job offers any time they want, while national unemployment and underemployment is sky high. Votes: 0

If you continue to use monetary policy to attempt to promote full employment the result would be that you would have higher inflation, and that you would not have lower unemployment. Votes: 0

Not only do unemployment benefits help families who are hurting; they also put money into their pockets that they'll then spend - and their spending will keep other Americans in jobs. Votes: 0

Don't get depressed when you read the press about world revolution and social unrest. Try not to panic when you switch on the news and see crooked politicians and unemployment queues. Votes: 0

The plant goes down. The industry is weaker. The price of the commodity has lagged. Any of those things can push people into unemployment or lower income categories, and that hurts. Votes: 0

I grew up in a council house in a poor Scottish town. I came of age during the recession of the mid-1980s when unemployment in my area reached 40 per cent. Votes: 0

It is the policies of the Obama Administration that has led to a stagnated economy as well as high unemployment, as well as many of the other issues that we face. Votes: 0

the fact that they stole their whole shtick from Woody Guthrie and the coal-mining bards. While the alternative nation meows about personal fashion angst, the Appalachian nation still sings about unemployment. Votes: 0

We're always flexible and pragmatic... It's always important to watch the unemployment rate and to make sure that we can keep most Canadians working. We were successful in that back in 2008-09. Votes: 0

If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s. Votes: 0

My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues. Votes: 0

My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues Votes: 0

Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own. Votes: 0

They keep extending these unemployment benefits to the point where people are afraid to go out and get a job, because the job doesn't pay as much as the unemployment benefit does. Votes: 0

Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment Votes: 0

in modern society, fear of unemployment remains the darkest of the shadows thrown by the past. In an industrial order, a man out of work is almost a man out of life. Votes: 0

I had a period of unemployment for about nine months after my first big break, and it's the greatest lesson I ever could have learned, never to believe you're home and dry. Votes: 0

The Internet is a cauldron of anger every day, every year, election year or not, with unemployment at 10 percent or at two percent. It isn't exactly a good index of what's happening. Votes: 0

Today in May 1938, the world around us suffers from the anxiety which the unemployment of millions brings with it. In Germany we begin to be anxious because we have not enough workmen. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not acceptable, and a ruined life is not acceptable. Votes: 0

If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10 percent per year, or even 20 percent, this would be a good bargain. Votes: 0

They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball. Votes: 0

It's Obama's bad luck that he got elected just as the mayhem of the foreclosures, the banking collapse, and the General Motors disaster was accelerating the surge in unemployment to warp speed. Votes: 0

The devotion that young Chinese feel to the Internet is driven by deep factors ranging from youth unemployment and income inequality to political repression and the demographic imbalance between men and women. Votes: 0

The average household might prepare for root canal, traffic accident, unemployment or illness, but how the household will meet, manage and even survive violent crime is the most neglected area of household management. Votes: 0

Our economy continues to struggle with slow economic growth, high unemployment and stagnant wages. "Obama care's" raising costs. That's making it harder for small businesses to hire. In short, it's a train wreck. Votes: 0

I've never believed unemployment numbers because the way that they calculate unemployment makes no sense whatsoever. It's not how many people are unemployed. It's how many people are actively looking for a job. Votes: 0

This is the crisis! Difficulty getting credit, slow growth, high unemployment, low consumer confidence-these are challenges entrepreneurs can overcome with hard work, smart risk and tenacious teamwork. This is precisely what entrepreneurs do! Votes: 0

The reason is that Chile is the brightest spot in Latin America. It has very fast growth, low unemployment. It privatized its Social Security system, which we in USA were unable to do. Votes: 0

What America is thirsting for now is a battalion of strong, down-to-earth 'doers' - managers, frontline activists, business and social entrepreneurs engaged in tackling America's manifold problems of unemployment, education, and competitive slouch. Votes: 0

Let's hope the institution of marriage survives its detractors, for without it there would be no more adultery and without adultery two thirds of our novelists would stand in line for unemployment checks. Votes: 0

I definitely didn't have a lot of money. I had been fired from a record store. I was just trying to get by. I was on unemployment. I didn't have anything going full-time. Votes: 0

My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments Votes: 0

The northern part of Sweden is considered more isolated, not so sociable, not so educated, more unemployment, very working-class, and people drink more than rest of Sweden; that's the kind of area I'm from. Votes: 0

Government policies try to prevent the emergence of serious unemployment by credit expansion, i.e., inflation. The outcome was rising prices, renewed demands for higher wages and reiterated credit expansion; in short, protracted inflation. Votes: 0

Are you better off than you were four years ago? One of my favorite quotes Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores ... Is there more or less unemployment? Votes: 0

In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster. Votes: 0

Germany is the new pig. Germany depends on exports and its markets are drying up. When the Germans start getting 10% unemployment, 15% unemployment, which is the real variable, how are they going to handle it? Votes: 0

There's no other way to say this. The official unemployment rate, which cruelly overlooks the suffering of the long-term and often permanently unemployed as well as the depressingly underemployed, amounts to a Big Lie. Votes: 0

My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments. Votes: 0

One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region. Votes: 0

Well, our economy is very strong and growing. We have created 5.4 million new jobs in the last 3 years. Our unemployment rate is better than the average unemployment rate of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Votes: 0

In fact, the wage-price spiral is the functional counterpart of unemployment. The latter occurs when there is insufficient demand; the spiral operates when there is too much and also,unfortunately, when there is just enough. Votes: 0

The general unemployment rate is going to continue for a long time and for all of us. I have never heard so many heart-wrenching stories of all kinds of people all across the economic spectrum. Votes: 0

I am opposed to Obama's efforts to destroy the American economy. I'm opposed to Obama's efforts to so-called fix the health care system. I'm opposed to the way Obama wants to go about fixing unemployment. Votes: 0

Whites have more than eleven times the net worth or wealth of African Americans. They make greater salaries. Our unemployment rate is twice theirs. You look at the prison system and who that's chewing up. Votes: 0

I have always believed that this idea of having a nation go through this very painful five or six years of continuous recession with high unemployment would be detrimental for the economy and the society. Votes: 0

As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man's inhumanity to man, regardless - there is much to be done, and people need to work together. Votes: 0