Jobs Crisis on Autopilot
Sharing a email from Rick Sloan,
After 52 months of dismaying unemployment reports, the media, most economists and political leaders of both parties want to move on. I really can't blame them. Nothing they have said or done since December 2007 has worked.
So now the most pressing issue for 27.3 million Americans - getting back to work - is on autopilot until after the November election. The conventional wisdom is (a) nothing will be done, (b) nothing can be done, (c) nothing should be done, and (d) all of the above. And like most of what passes for conventional wisdom these days, it is absolutely wrong!
For jobless households, this massive bipartisan FAIL is reason enough to go vote. Those 40 million voters live in unbearable pain every day. And they just cannot wait for a chance to make their votes count.
UCubed placed a photo on its Facebook page. All it said was "put the politicians on minimum wage and watch how fast things change." Nearly 100,000 people have liked, shared or commented on that photo, according to Facebook's own metrics in the last 72 hours. That means roughly 27 million of their friends will see that photo when they scroll through their Facebook page.
A Works Progress Administration 2.0 could put millions to work before the polls open in November. But Congress would have to act - and enact - on a fast track. And the Administration would have to hire more than 120,000 Americans each week to alleviate the real pain jobless families face. Doable? Yes. Likely to happen? Nope.
And why is that? As the comedian Milton Berle once reminded us, “You can send a man to Congress, but you can’t make him think.” Flying on autopilot is a mindless exercise, and fun while it lasts. But in a crisis, the autopilot ought to be disengaged quickly ... and decisive actions taken to avert disaster. Unfortunately, even last week's dismaying employment report will not be enough to disengage that autopilot.
FYI, UCubed posted Milton Berle’s quote as a black and white photo on Facebook (see link below). Over 70,000 of our fans liked or commented on it and 19 million of their friends saw it.
My guess - and it is only a guess - is that the traction gained by those two quotes should be a red flag for incumbents. When the voters are laughing at you – and not with you - that is never a good sign.
In Unity -- Strength,
Rick Sloan
Executive Director
Ur Union of Unemployed
www.Facebook/ucubed
Some good points are mentioned and what's happening with the unemployed currently thanks to the Congressional efforts.
Please take a look at the Facebook Ucubed page, fellow Unemployed Americans! 
Remember come this November, VOTE ! 