La fine del sogno americano?

Un articolo molto interessante di Mortimer Zuckerman sul WSJ mette in evidenza tutta una serie di problemi nel "sistema americano", paralizzato e dal futuro incerto. Ci sono dati e cifre su cui riflettere, come "Now there are at least 14.5 million Americans still searching for work: 1.4 million of them have been jobless for more than 99 weeks, 6.5 million have been jobless for over 27 weeks" oppure "The Obama administration projects the unemployment rate will drop to 8.7% by the end of next year and 6.8% by 2013. That is totally unrealistic. It means we would have to add nearly 300,000 jobs a month over the next three years. At the rate we're going, it will take anywhere from six to nine years to climb out of this hole". Eloquente, poi, la conclusione dell'articolo: "We have a paralyzed system. Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans seem able to find common ground to address what is clearly going to be an ongoing employment crisis. Finding that common ground is a job opportunity for real leaders". Da leggere.

(WSJ)