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Article: When Johnny comes marching home. (the furies).(unemployment in the United States after the Iraq War)(Editorial)
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- Insight on the News
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- April 29, 2003
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CHUCK HARDER, TALK AMERICA RADIO, TAMPA, FLA.
After the troops return home and parades are forgotten, the cost of this war must be paid. How? Simple--the average American's standard of living will be lowered again. USA Today, April 7, 2003, says it all: "More Job Searchers Just Quit Looking."
The graph shows 74.5 million unemployed Americans no longer look for jobs that are not there. Where did the jobs go? "Trade not aid" has been the policy set by D.C. elite wonks since WW II. Optics, watches and cameras went first to Northern Europe, closing those plants in the U.S.A. [Gerald] Ford and [Jimmy] Carter gave the consumer-electronics business to Japan for ...