CBO Nonsense  From the CBO Director’s blog:  Many factors are
responsible for the rise in unemployment in general and in long-
term unemployment:  -Weak demand for goods and services, as a
result of the recession and its aftermath, which results in weak
demand for workers;  The better question is: what is causing
weak demand? Could it be that people are realizing that it’s
fiscally unhealthy to spend lots of many that they don’t
technically have? Could it be that the extend-and-pretend games
of the last thirty years are starting to catch up to us? Could
it be that, having pulled demand forward for so long, the future
is now finally catching up to us?  -Mismatches between would-be
employers’ needs and the skills or location of the unemployed;
This is actually a valid point, although it’s probably helpful
to look at a couple of points that contribute to this situation.
The declining value of an American education certainly
contributes to mismatched needs and abilities. Interestingly,
the sheer vapidity of moder