Probably not the best time for an American "leader" to be taking 8 vacations in one year. I would say it shows very poor judgement, but I expect nothing more from this administration. As our economy tanks and more and more people depend on welfare and unemployment to scrape by, it makes perfect sense for the Obamas to spend hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars on a little jaunt to socialist Spain. Let them eat cake, right Michelle.
DV 2011 Winners from EUROPE ONLY
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Says someone who calls people from the middle east losers.... uhuh... that's very rich of you anzac. Perhaps you and bmx88 can start a color class together
Why you complaining ?????
Would you trade with them and go there and live ,that's why you played gc lottery ?? so you can live in Gaza or Jordan or Lebanon ???
Well I called them losers because they are for very obvious reason so please spare me that fake PC ideas
been to all those places and apart from some Roman ruins ,nothing interesting there mate ,and those ruins go back 2000 years so you can compare with that (the whole region)
all those countries in cultural and social maters went backwards since Roman times so you only argument there is how low they will go
for example in Jordan they they had better sewer systems ,water supplay and garbage collection in Roman times then today ,nothing insulting there ,
its a simple fact mate
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That don't give you the right to say about us losers, at least let someone not a big loser like you to say that not you
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A vanishing American middle class?
July 25, 2010 ·
• 83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people.
• 61 percent of Americans “always or usually” live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.
• 66 percent of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.
• 36 percent of Americans say that they don’t contribute anything to retirement savings.
• A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.
• 24 percent of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year.
• Over 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009, which represented a 32 percent increase over 2008.
• Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975.
• For the first time in U.S. history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together.
• In 1950, the ratio of the average executive’s paycheck to the average worker’s paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one.
• As of 2007, the bottom 80 percent of American households held about 7% of the liquid financial assets.
so many negative trends .. and no positive in sight ..
July 25, 2010 ·
• 83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people.
• 61 percent of Americans “always or usually” live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.
• 66 percent of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.
• 36 percent of Americans say that they don’t contribute anything to retirement savings.
• A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.
• 24 percent of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year.
• Over 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009, which represented a 32 percent increase over 2008.
• Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975.
• For the first time in U.S. history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together.
• In 1950, the ratio of the average executive’s paycheck to the average worker’s paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one.
• As of 2007, the bottom 80 percent of American households held about 7% of the liquid financial assets.
so many negative trends .. and no positive in sight ..
So Many Americans Moving to Europe
So Many Americans Moving to Europe
Edit Article | Posted: Jan 27, 2009 |
THERE IS ESTIMATE 1 200 000 US expats in EUROPE which are either permanent residents in one of the European countries or naturalized EU citizens this statistic is covering only last decade or so .. so actual number of immigrants from US to EUROPE is 5 times higher on average then EUROPEAN immigration to US;;;In this number are not calculated US citizens who emigrated from Europe in the past and decided to return back to their native EU countries
Some people may not be too happy with where they are living and may be thinking about moving to Europe. Europe can be a great place to move to. Many countries in Europe have amazing health care. They also have more relaxed work environments. Other people might be interested in the variety or cultures in close proximity.
People are moving to Europe for a variety of reasons. One of the most important issues that make people move to Europe is health care. America has a flawed health care system and everyone is very aware of it. If you cannot afford to pay for your health care then you are out of luck. It is a system that only benefits the rich and leaves the poor to suffer and often die. People get stuck in bad situations too. If you are sick and have no insurance then you won’t get treated. If you are living from paycheck to paycheck and you have no insurance, and you get sick, then you are up a creak without a panel. This affects so many people in America it is easy to see why so many are moving to Europe.
Many people are also moving to Europe for better jobs. Most jobs in Europe are not just better meaning that they pay more or are just nicer jobs to work. Many jobs also just have better work packages. Europeans in general have more vacation time, more sick time and better benefits packages. It really shows through their society as well. People are in general less stressed out and even healthier than in countries that work their people to the bone. It is even apparent in their children’s lives. Children go into school much later in the day. They also are given lunch breaks long enough to allow them to return home for lunch. Is it any wonder that most European children are doing so well academically as compared to other countries? For most people that is reason enough for moving to Europe.
One of the most attractive things about Europe is the closeness to lots of other countries. Europe is so diverse in such a small area. This can be very attractive to people that are looking to diversify their lives. Moving to Europe is a great way to get exposed to all sorts of different people with different points of view. One can easily in just one-day travel from England to France, to Germany, to Poland. The whole time one is experiencing different languages, different foods and different customs. Moving to Europe can be a great way to expose not only oneself to many cultures and histories but also a great way to educate ones children. There is something to be said about exposing your children to a world environment. This type of exposure can be very rewarding and can in the future make your child a more valuable employee.
So Many Americans Moving to Europe
Edit Article | Posted: Jan 27, 2009 |
THERE IS ESTIMATE 1 200 000 US expats in EUROPE which are either permanent residents in one of the European countries or naturalized EU citizens this statistic is covering only last decade or so .. so actual number of immigrants from US to EUROPE is 5 times higher on average then EUROPEAN immigration to US;;;In this number are not calculated US citizens who emigrated from Europe in the past and decided to return back to their native EU countries
Some people may not be too happy with where they are living and may be thinking about moving to Europe. Europe can be a great place to move to. Many countries in Europe have amazing health care. They also have more relaxed work environments. Other people might be interested in the variety or cultures in close proximity.
People are moving to Europe for a variety of reasons. One of the most important issues that make people move to Europe is health care. America has a flawed health care system and everyone is very aware of it. If you cannot afford to pay for your health care then you are out of luck. It is a system that only benefits the rich and leaves the poor to suffer and often die. People get stuck in bad situations too. If you are sick and have no insurance then you won’t get treated. If you are living from paycheck to paycheck and you have no insurance, and you get sick, then you are up a creak without a panel. This affects so many people in America it is easy to see why so many are moving to Europe.
Many people are also moving to Europe for better jobs. Most jobs in Europe are not just better meaning that they pay more or are just nicer jobs to work. Many jobs also just have better work packages. Europeans in general have more vacation time, more sick time and better benefits packages. It really shows through their society as well. People are in general less stressed out and even healthier than in countries that work their people to the bone. It is even apparent in their children’s lives. Children go into school much later in the day. They also are given lunch breaks long enough to allow them to return home for lunch. Is it any wonder that most European children are doing so well academically as compared to other countries? For most people that is reason enough for moving to Europe.
One of the most attractive things about Europe is the closeness to lots of other countries. Europe is so diverse in such a small area. This can be very attractive to people that are looking to diversify their lives. Moving to Europe is a great way to get exposed to all sorts of different people with different points of view. One can easily in just one-day travel from England to France, to Germany, to Poland. The whole time one is experiencing different languages, different foods and different customs. Moving to Europe can be a great way to expose not only oneself to many cultures and histories but also a great way to educate ones children. There is something to be said about exposing your children to a world environment. This type of exposure can be very rewarding and can in the future make your child a more valuable employee.
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"Some people may not be too happy with where they are living and may be thinking about moving to Europe. Europe can be a great place to move to. Many countries in Europe have amazing health care. They also have more relaxed work environments."
Hey bmx88 - Why don't you move there? WTF are you doing here??? Go look for hapiness someplace else - if you do not see it here.
Hey bmx88 - Why don't you move there? WTF are you doing here??? Go look for hapiness someplace else - if you do not see it here.
oooooooooo very original response with philosophical twist such as "look for happiness somewhere else".... DUDE THIS IS NOT A DATING SERVICE I'm not looking for a wife ...BTW ..ITS COPY PASTE FROM HERALD TRIBUNE... carry on ....and continue picking slime from your nose with your tongue ....oh one more thing .. which goes to most of the people responding to my posts ... WORK ON YOUR ENGLISH !!!..
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US unemployment on the rise again
Friday, 06 August 2010
US unemployment on the rise again
US economic recover on a downturn as unemployment claims rose in July.
The new figures, released Thursday is reflective of a slow growth in the American labor market, posing a challenge to the fragile economic recovery from its greatest downturn since the Great Depression.
Initial demand for US unemployment benefits rose 19,000 to 479,000, compared to market speculation of a drop to 455,000.
”While these numbers are volatile, we haven't really made progress in the labor market and that's kind of troubling when you think about the broader economic recovery,” said Andrew Gledhill, an economist at Moody's Economy.com.
"For the recovery to turn into a self-sustaining expansion, we need people to have wage income coming in and until that happens, we are still in a tenuous position," Gledhill added, quoted by Reuters.
The US government's monthly employment report, due on Friday, is expected to show that nonfarm payrolls fell 65,000 in July after waning 125,000 in June.
Private-sector payrolls are expected to rise a mere 90,000 and the unemployment rate is anticipated to rise to 9.6 percent from last month's 9.5 percent.
This month's economic figures will likely spell trouble for President Barack Obama's Democratic Party allies who face mid-term elections in November and risk losing their majority and control in the US Congress.
Obama's popularity has suffered a great deal as a result of the slow economic recovery in the US as well as a number of other issues, such as his inadequate response to BP's oil spill disaster and the failure to deliver on his repeated pledges of 'change' that helped him win the presidential election in 2008.
Friday, 06 August 2010
US unemployment on the rise again
US economic recover on a downturn as unemployment claims rose in July.
The new figures, released Thursday is reflective of a slow growth in the American labor market, posing a challenge to the fragile economic recovery from its greatest downturn since the Great Depression.
Initial demand for US unemployment benefits rose 19,000 to 479,000, compared to market speculation of a drop to 455,000.
”While these numbers are volatile, we haven't really made progress in the labor market and that's kind of troubling when you think about the broader economic recovery,” said Andrew Gledhill, an economist at Moody's Economy.com.
"For the recovery to turn into a self-sustaining expansion, we need people to have wage income coming in and until that happens, we are still in a tenuous position," Gledhill added, quoted by Reuters.
The US government's monthly employment report, due on Friday, is expected to show that nonfarm payrolls fell 65,000 in July after waning 125,000 in June.
Private-sector payrolls are expected to rise a mere 90,000 and the unemployment rate is anticipated to rise to 9.6 percent from last month's 9.5 percent.
This month's economic figures will likely spell trouble for President Barack Obama's Democratic Party allies who face mid-term elections in November and risk losing their majority and control in the US Congress.
Obama's popularity has suffered a great deal as a result of the slow economic recovery in the US as well as a number of other issues, such as his inadequate response to BP's oil spill disaster and the failure to deliver on his repeated pledges of 'change' that helped him win the presidential election in 2008.
Hi bmx88,
Could you start a new thread about the situation in the US, so everyone on this forum could benefit from your in put,
that would be great,
I dont really like the way you are talking to people but there's a lot of true about what you are trying to tell them. As for me finding a job in the US won't be difficult for me since I already have one and already started a life back there.
But for people who got nothing there yet, or know nobody to help them, it will be tuff, it's not the eldorado like it used to be back in the time... but again, it depends on people's situation and what people are looking for
But it's true that people shouldn't go there thinking they gonna get mad rich or that everything gonna be easy like in the movies...
Could you start a new thread about the situation in the US, so everyone on this forum could benefit from your in put,
that would be great,
I dont really like the way you are talking to people but there's a lot of true about what you are trying to tell them. As for me finding a job in the US won't be difficult for me since I already have one and already started a life back there.
But for people who got nothing there yet, or know nobody to help them, it will be tuff, it's not the eldorado like it used to be back in the time... but again, it depends on people's situation and what people are looking for
But it's true that people shouldn't go there thinking they gonna get mad rich or that everything gonna be easy like in the movies...
Unemployment. In the aftermath of a recession that wiped out 8 million jobs, the lackluster labor market has perhaps been the biggest thorn in the side of a sustainable economic recovery. June's job report, which is due out Friday, will likely dampen the mood even further. Notably, the consensus prediction is that the report will indicate the economy shed jobs for the first time since last year. In 2008 and 2009, payrolls contracted in 23 out of the 24 months, but year-to-date through May, each month had seen positive jobs growth. Still, the losses expected in Friday's report will largely stem from a drawdown in the number of census workers employed by the federal government. Since these jobs were always expected to be temporary, their disappearance from the payrolls isn't much of a negative indicator. The bigger problem, economists say, is that even in months in which there was net job creation, the rate of growth has been too slow. Without robust job creation in the coming months, the weak labor market could help thrust the economy into a double-dip recession. "By the end of 2011, we can get into the low teens if things really come apart," Morici says of the unemployment rate.
USA TODAY article ... comments by PETER MORICI ...related to JUNE REPORT OF RISING UNEMPLOYMENT ...JULY AND AUGUST REPORTS EVEN MORE NEGATIVE
USA TODAY article ... comments by PETER MORICI ...related to JUNE REPORT OF RISING UNEMPLOYMENT ...JULY AND AUGUST REPORTS EVEN MORE NEGATIVE
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Housing. In early 2009, President Obama introduced a first-time home buyer tax credit of $8,000 that was later extended to any qualified buyers who signed a sales contract by April 30 of this year. That tax credit, like other stimulus programs, has expired, and it's left many experts wondering whether or not the upsurge in home buying will continue. So far, the numbers don't look promising. Sales of new homes in May fell to an all-time low since numbers were first recorded in 1963. The concern is that now that the tax credit has expired, where will the demand come from? "We have a bit of an unknown ahead," says Keith Gumbinger of HSH.com. "To the extent that that falloff in demand diminishes economic growth, we pull ourselves a little bit closer to what could be the double-dip scenario." Chances are, prospective home buyers rushed to sign contracts before the tax credit deadline, so Gumbinger is concerned that demand could slow over the next few months
SALES DOWN FOR FURTHER 5% ACROSS THE BOARD IN JULY
SALES DOWN FOR FURTHER 5% ACROSS THE BOARD IN JULY
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I don't know what that forumtroll is saying but I guess he's writing poop again and I just want to say, good luck all winners who won the DV2011. I hope you find happiness in the USA
And also, if some of you are not sure about the situation back there, once you have your green card you just can go for a couple of weeks on vacation just to have a first look (find a job or go check the vibe for yourself), you don't have to quit everything right away...
Yes and we all have native countries and homes, when we get the green card we go back home no problem I think, and for me I'll stay there no matter what happen, and I will take the passport and after that I can do whatever I want, we all know that the US is hard now, but it's still USA number 1 country in all the world and the land of opportunities, and even if I didn't make it there I 'll have the passport and complete my master degree there
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I don't know what that forumtroll is saying but I guess he's writing poop again and I just want to say, good luck all winners who won the DV2011. I hope you find happiness in the USA
My respect to you .. THERE IS NOT MANY PEOPLE THESE DAYS WHO WOULD JUST SAY ..."LOOK GUYS I'M STUPID " in not so many words ...but you did it bro ...BRAVE ... again RESPECT ....and salute...
I don't know what that forumtroll is saying but I guess he's writing poop again and I just want to say, good luck all winners who won the DV2011. I hope you find happiness in the USA
thank you but no thank you ,you are probably the last person on earth whose congratulations and well wishes I need
* Katie Allen
* guardian.co.uk, Friday 6 August 2010 14.54 BST
* Article history
Barack Obama President Barack Obama: the job loss data has fuelled fears that the US economic recovery will not bring about a revival in the job market. Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
Employers in the US shed twice as many jobs as expected in July, fanning fears that the recovery in the world's largest economy will not see a revival in employment.
The US government said 131,000 jobs were lost overall, compared with forecasts for a 65,000 fall. The drop was mainly due to work finishing for temporary staff hired by the government to conduct its census. But private hiring was also weaker than expected.
Economists polled by Reuters ahead of the monthly non-farm payrolls data, forecast that private-sector jobs would rise by 90,000, but in the event only 71,000 were added.
At the same time, June's overall drop was revised to a far steeper 221,000 from 125,000.
The data sparked a rally in government bonds, seen as safer investments when the economic picture darkens. Crude oil futures dropped on the prospect of weaker demand from the US market and stock indices also fell, including the FTSE 100 in the UK.
"This employment report only reinforces a sluggish recovery. Private sector job and income gains are not weak enough to point to a renewed downturn, nor are they strong enough to suggest the recovery is free of such risk," said Stephen Gallagher, economist at Société Générale.
Within July's drop, 143,000 jobs were census staff who were laid off, but there were also a further 59,000 public sector job losses as the US government mirrored its counterparts around the world in tightening budgets. Economists voiced concerns that the private sector outlook was also gloomy, suggesting that Americans will remain wary about their job prospects and do little to power the recovery.
"This is not good news for consumer confidence or spending and will intensify concerns about the pace of the recovery at the Federal Reserve," said James Knightley economist at ING Financial Markets.
"Given the recent data flow on activity we doubt we will see a surge in private-sector employment over the next couple of months, which implies a further fall in total payrolls is probable next month."
The sharp drop in jobs, which follows news of slowing economic growth in the US, is likely to prompt discussions at the Federal Reserve over implementing more quantitative easing – a way of pumping money into the financial system. The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets on Tuesday and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has already hinted to markets that its programme of asset purchases could be resumed.
"The big picture is unfortunately that the downtrend in US economic growth is once again obvious, and these figures will probably do little to deter the FOMC from ultimately implementing fresh stimulus in the near future," said Nick Beecroft at Saxo Bank.
"I'd expect them to reinstate a quantitative easing programme - buying either US Treasuries or mortgage-backed securities - either at next week's meeting, or more likely at the following meeting on 21 September."
Still, there was some comfort for president Barack Obama as he battles to ensure the economic recovery is accompanied by job creation. The unemployment rate held steady at 9.5% in July, defying expectations that it would rise to 9.6%.
But the steady rate, which is measured by the government's household survey, reflected the fact that employment fell 159,000 while at the same time the workforce shrunk by 181,000 as people stop looking for work for various reasons.
"The fact that so many people are leaving the workforce is not positive in that it suggests people are giving up looking for work due to the lack of jobs," said Knightley.
* guardian.co.uk, Friday 6 August 2010 14.54 BST
* Article history
Barack Obama President Barack Obama: the job loss data has fuelled fears that the US economic recovery will not bring about a revival in the job market. Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
Employers in the US shed twice as many jobs as expected in July, fanning fears that the recovery in the world's largest economy will not see a revival in employment.
The US government said 131,000 jobs were lost overall, compared with forecasts for a 65,000 fall. The drop was mainly due to work finishing for temporary staff hired by the government to conduct its census. But private hiring was also weaker than expected.
Economists polled by Reuters ahead of the monthly non-farm payrolls data, forecast that private-sector jobs would rise by 90,000, but in the event only 71,000 were added.
At the same time, June's overall drop was revised to a far steeper 221,000 from 125,000.
The data sparked a rally in government bonds, seen as safer investments when the economic picture darkens. Crude oil futures dropped on the prospect of weaker demand from the US market and stock indices also fell, including the FTSE 100 in the UK.
"This employment report only reinforces a sluggish recovery. Private sector job and income gains are not weak enough to point to a renewed downturn, nor are they strong enough to suggest the recovery is free of such risk," said Stephen Gallagher, economist at Société Générale.
Within July's drop, 143,000 jobs were census staff who were laid off, but there were also a further 59,000 public sector job losses as the US government mirrored its counterparts around the world in tightening budgets. Economists voiced concerns that the private sector outlook was also gloomy, suggesting that Americans will remain wary about their job prospects and do little to power the recovery.
"This is not good news for consumer confidence or spending and will intensify concerns about the pace of the recovery at the Federal Reserve," said James Knightley economist at ING Financial Markets.
"Given the recent data flow on activity we doubt we will see a surge in private-sector employment over the next couple of months, which implies a further fall in total payrolls is probable next month."
The sharp drop in jobs, which follows news of slowing economic growth in the US, is likely to prompt discussions at the Federal Reserve over implementing more quantitative easing – a way of pumping money into the financial system. The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets on Tuesday and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has already hinted to markets that its programme of asset purchases could be resumed.
"The big picture is unfortunately that the downtrend in US economic growth is once again obvious, and these figures will probably do little to deter the FOMC from ultimately implementing fresh stimulus in the near future," said Nick Beecroft at Saxo Bank.
"I'd expect them to reinstate a quantitative easing programme - buying either US Treasuries or mortgage-backed securities - either at next week's meeting, or more likely at the following meeting on 21 September."
Still, there was some comfort for president Barack Obama as he battles to ensure the economic recovery is accompanied by job creation. The unemployment rate held steady at 9.5% in July, defying expectations that it would rise to 9.6%.
But the steady rate, which is measured by the government's household survey, reflected the fact that employment fell 159,000 while at the same time the workforce shrunk by 181,000 as people stop looking for work for various reasons.
"The fact that so many people are leaving the workforce is not positive in that it suggests people are giving up looking for work due to the lack of jobs," said Knightley.
PLease bmx88, can you just start a completely new thread so if people want to find out about the situation in the US they will read it
thanks!- Status