Word: jobless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...down 1.5%, another sign of a slowdown in manufacturing. Even the good economic news was tainted. A survey by the Federal Reserve concluded that the economy would grow 2.5% to 3% this year, about the same as in 1992 and not fast enough to lower the nation's 7% jobless rate...
Armed guards formerly employed by relief agencies to safeguard food supplies have lost their jobs, and many have turned their guns on their employers. In February jobless guards besieged the Mogadishu office of CARE, demanding $500,000 in alleged "back pay." CARE refused to comply, then flew out most of its personnel and suspended food deliveries to avert holdups. Other relief agencies are pulling out altogether for safety reasons...
This is particularly true when it comes to the economy. Department of Labor figures on jobs created are boosted by the inclusion of part-time positions. Conversely, the agency's regular tallies of the jobless include so-called discouraged workers, people who have given up looking for a job because they don't think they'll find one. Clinton drew embarrassed laughs from members of Congress last February when he laid out his economic plan and vowed to use Congress's own figures on the deficit. "Let's at least argue about the same set of numbers so the American...
...manufacturer claims he was sent to sit alone in the basement under half the normal amount of lighting with no work to do until he quit. Workers urged to take early retirement, like older employees of a plant that Nissan plans to close in Zama, are not counted as jobless either...
Everyone under the Clinton plan -- employers, workers and even the jobless -- will be required to have insurance and to pay something for medical coverage. People over 50 may be required to pay more, however, since they use more services. Psychiatric treatment and possibly long-term care for the elderly will be included in the plan; states that want to come up with their own health reforms will be allowed to do so. Higher taxes on a variety of products, including liquor and cigarettes, will be necessary to raise the $30 billion to $90 billion that universal coverage will cost...