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RECEPTIONIST: I still have my job - same job I've had for 15 years, so I'm not worried about it. |
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UNKNOWN SKEPTIC: Ah, it doesn't look good at all. Analysts were expecting to create
a quarter million new jobs in July and they only came up with 30,000. We could be headed for a severe depression.
I don't see Bush being able to overcome this blow to his campaign. He'll make stuff up, like he always does, that things
are alright, but clearly this is the final turning point in his failed administration. |
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MR. BIG BIZ: I think the numbers were a little lower than expected, but nothing to have anxiety about. See, what people don't understand, is that it's not about job creation. It's about accelerating corporate profits, which is happening on a grand scale. Besides, the unemployment rate is still dropping, so let's not be too quick to buy into pessimistic propaganda. We'll be in good shape. Next report, the numbers will be right back up there. |
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JENNIFER: It's just another sign that all Bush knows how to do is destroy instead of create.
I think he's pretty much washed up from here on out, not that I ever believed he would rebound from all of his failures
the past four years. |
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BROKER BOB: Well, I gotta be honest. I lost a lot of equity in the market today because
of the report. I don't know how much of this I can take before someone has to say enough is enough. Don't get me wrong,
I'm still for Bush. I just think we're having a slight dip this summer and when Bush is re-elected we'll see more optimism
and better results in the markets...I'm hoping. |
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SKULL MADISON: Job creation is not the lifeblood of the economy - it's defense policy.
Right now, we are doing an excellent job militarily and we're very close to taking complete control of oil in the Middle East - or at least phase one of the operation. So, I'm not worried about jobs and never have been. Any whiners out there that can't find a job should just join the military. |
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WORKER JOE: I gotta tell you, the job market is dismal. I just got laid off this week
and there aren't any jobs in the paper that are even paying decent money. Not unless you're some computer guru with a degree from Harvard with ten years experience in programming. Man, I don't know anything about computers. Alls I know is they don't want smart people like me anymore, they just want nerds. |
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COLLEGE STUDENT: It's just more proof that Bush doesn't have a clue. I've tried to find work and the most money any company out there wants to pay someone like me is $9 an hour. Why aren't corporations creating any new good jobs? All it looks like they're doing is cutting costs and pocketing the money. Even once I earn my degree, it looks like I'll be in the same boat with drop-outs competing to work at a fast-food restaurant. Anyone who thinks the economy
is getting better, needs to put down the crack pipe. |
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GOOFBALL GREG: I don't know what the hysteria is all about. The more unemployment the better.
I come from a rich family, so I don't have to worry about a job. Let the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. That way, eventually the poor people will just die off and we'll just be left with rich people. Sometimes it takes a long time for the stupid people to understand these things. |