Johnny has no job. Shame on Grandpa.

I saw James Carville in the airport in Dallas once. I overcame my natural urge to punch him, mostly because he looks kind of fragile - like a Muppet that got put in the dryer by mistake and kind of shrunk and stretched all at the same time. What I did do however, was recall his famous  "It's the economy stupid" comment during the Clinton years.

And it is.

And "the economy" to most people anyways, is highlighted by only 2 things - prices of goods led by gasoline prices - and jobs, with jobs in the lead by a bunch. If you don't have a job, you don't have the ability to bitch about prices, so jobs is Job One. Sorry Ford.

I ran across this chart on PJTV the other day and thought it appropriate to present to my readership.

Since 2008 (I wonder what happened then?) the job losses by age category have been most pronounced for young people - who have take almost 3 times the "hit" of other groups. As Steve Carrell from "The Office" mockingly said to a Princeton graduating class last week - "You are young, and because you are young, you are also wrong." I wonder if any of these new voters have a different opinion of their 2008 vote for Obama now that they are standing on the stage with a $150,000 student loan in one hand and shrinking job prospects in the other.And a degree in the third hand. The real world can be cruel sometimes.

But that isn't the most striking part of the graph. Look at the far right. (Small r!)

The only job growth in the last 4 years is in people over 60 who have had to postpone or abandon their retirement. Kids can't get jobs? Blame granny, because she isn't moving to Sarasota anymore. And remember - there is no more pissed off person than an old pissed off person.

These folks are going to be looking for blood in November. Across the board, young, middle aged and old - folks are going to hold politicians - a la Wisconsin - for their actions.

Is it the economy stupid? Yes, and the economy is jobs. QAnd EVERYONE is hurting.ap

Just ask grandpa.

The Deficit, Netflix and Obama-rama-lama-ding-dong

If given enough rope eventually the guy is going to hang himself. I thought Barry Sotaro's performance over the past few weeks on the debt issue has been as expected. Bleh. I thought Boehner's speech today was pretty good on top of it all. It now looks like Hussein will be facing off for the election in 2012 with Tweety Bird from the Bugs Bunny cartoons. Tweety is preparing his/her acceptance speech. I never did figure out if that bird was a man or woman. I mean, it never laid an egg or anything. But I digress.

With this impending social crisis - how are Americans feeling? What are they concerned about? You guessed it - the top issue by far was the hike in NetFlix fees.

On the other hand, I see the last point has more points than BO. I'm not sure math was one of the strong suits at the news networks.....Anyways - I feel for our overall well-being if the people of these country are more worried about the delivered price of the Wiggles than they are about the economy. "It's about the Yellow Wiggle Stupid". Sorry about that James Carville.