The More Unemployed There Are,

the better it is for the powers that be in both industry and government. After all, wages and salaries MUST be reduced to third world levels, and a massive number of desperate people will help accomplish that goal.

Sign of the times:

In another sign of the crisis in the job market, NBC News reported Friday night that Delta Airlines had advertised for 1,000 new flight attendants and received more than 100,000 applications from desperate job-seekers.

Here is the article about the Delta Airlines story:

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This has to be some kind of world record for job applications.