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Ambra Nykols, blogger who I read regularly but disagree with her on some things. This is one of those things.

Ambra says:

The reality is, most Americans would rather have society hand them the perfect job on a silver platter. That is an unrealistic expectation. The cry of “unemployment” is whiny to me. Considering the country we live in and the opportunities available, there should be no excuses as to why we cannot become independently profitable one way or another, jobs or not. If people can get paid to walk the streets of Manhattan, telling me why I should vote for John Kerry, surely (MOST surely), there is opportunity for all.

When the job that has supported your family for 15-20 years has suddenly moved across the ocean, and you have to provide shelter, food, clothing, health care and the skills you have are no longer in demand What do you do? What do you say when the evening news and economists, and even the President says, the economy is getting better but you don’t feel it. True one man could survive walking the streets, on some kind of hustle. But you can’t feed family of 4 doing that. You have to KNOW when you next check is coming. True it is not government’s job to find employment for everyone in a free market society. But the current administration doesn’t even want to acknowledge the fact that a LOT of people are being left behind in this so called recovery.

update: this is the link to Ambra’s full post