And what about jobs? New organizing efforts are underway to press Congress to act. The reason, according to the Economic Policy Institute:
"The U.S. unemployment rate exceeded 10% in October for the first time in a quarter century. Nearly 16 million Americans who are able and willing to work cannot find a job. More than one out of every three unemployed workers has been out of a job for six months or more. The situation facing African-American and Latino workers is even bleaker, with unemployment at 15.7% and 13.1%, respectively.
What to do?
For starters we have to get hip about the dangers of a double dip. We have to care more about these issues than we do. Enough bloviating about Sarah Palin and Khalid Sheikh Mohammad.
Enough about Rush and Beck and company and other distractions.
Educate yourself about how serious the crisis still is. Get engaged with economic justice issues. Press for financial reform with groups like ANewWayForward.org.
Let's start focusing on stopping a more serious collapse before it occurs.
News Dissector Danny Schechter is finishing the film Plunder: the Crime of Our Time and has a companion book on the financial meltdown as a crime story. Visit: Plunderthecrimeofourtime.com Write: dissector@mediachannel.org
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