How the Facebook Economy Trumps the Real One

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Yeah,'cuz most people are employed, and the ones in long term jobs play the games on here most...that's why this commentary above is silly, Dark Horse. Playing games on here is a way to save money and pass time and keep up with old friends. When you think about it 10% of Americans are unemployed and another 14% are underemployed. That's about 25% of the employable affected by this recession--1 in 4. And unemployment stats were recalculated a few years ago, so by old numbers the total would be over 25%. Facebook is just a mirror of our society.
So, how unsympathetic to the unemployed can you be? Where does compassion go with some people? How nice. Blame lazy people, sure. Go read a book, Rick Newman. Go read The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs, to start with.
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A Writer
Duh.

A Writer of MD 9:52AM January 06, 2011

This was the biggest waste of white space I think I've ever seen. Are you in some kind of competition to see how many hits you can get by writing an article with no value, but simply has the name "Facebook" in the title? Just curious.

Just Curious of FL 9:06AM January 06, 2011

Thanks for the humor Mr. Newman! And now with 4G (whatever the hell that is) we can all update our Facebook status from our refrigerator boxes under the comfort of our dirty blankets. Who needs a mortgage!

Keirsten of MT 4:37PM January 04, 2011