Reply #18: a lot of folks think they are losing jobs because of affirmative action

[NewJeffCT]

amazing that the African American community still makes quite a bit less than the white community despite this, eh?

World War 2 did get the US out of the Great Depression...

But, what has the War of Terror done for the economy? It's been great if you've invested in a big mega corporation and it's been good if you've been the CEO of one of those big mega corps. But, other than that, we've seen:
1) more long term unemployment, (if you have been unemployed for over 12 months, you are no longer counted as being unemployed)
2) wages that have declined for the first time in decades... and, when wages have gone up, they have not kept up with inflation.
3) weakening of environmental standards to benefits the mega corps
4) the loss of international status for the US. We are not "The Place to be" anymore, as evidenced by sharp drops in college applications from places like India & China. In the past few decades, our ranks of engineers, scientists and PhDs in general has been greatly supplemented by Asians coming here from overseas and many of them staying here to contribute to our country. Now, these Asians are going to Europe or staying home for PhDs. This does not bode well for the US long-term.