The job hunter sets out each morning, hoping that this is the morning where they’ll finally down the job that they’ve been tracking for months, the 10-point job with a set of benefits so majestic that it will be hard to resist the urge to duct tape them to the front of the car.
The base level of economic recovery is personal recovery — i.e. getting a job, or getting a better job. More money earned means more money spent and that money helps to set some of the gears of the economic system in motion. More products get bought, demand goes up for those products, and more jobs get created to meet those demands.
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