This is an interesting editorial, and confronts the myths we live by in America head on.
One comment I should make about the 8th paragraph:

Another reason that the unemployment rate is lower in the US than in some European countries is that the United States has skewed the way it keeps and reports unemployment statistics to artificially produce a lower number. The actual number of people who want to work but do not have jobs is much higher than the official unemployment figure. Additionally, France seen as a part of the EU (which includes areas with much lower unemployment such as Ireland and the Netherlands) is not much different from Michigan seen as a part of the US. And unlike the US, France has an effective infrastructure in place to provide them and their families with health care during their unemployment.

Read the full article from Mark Weisbrot from Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services Here

- Ed Lacy
USTV Media