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Originally posted by Centurion
Throw in the INTEREST you have to pay on the deficit and you'll see why they say we are "mortgaging" our childrens' futures.
And I don't know where you got the 1 million jobs lost from 9/11. Would love to see your source on that one.
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Estimated number of jobs lost in lower Manhattan area following 9/11: 100,000
Number of jobs it has been estimated will be lost in the US as result of the attacks by the end of 2002: 1.8m
Number of jobs lost in US travel industry in last 5 months of 2001: 237,000
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/waron...776451,00.html
That's 337,000 in Lower Manhattan area and travel industry alone.
Surely there must be more.