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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
They're all related, I agree, but things tend to get boiled down to the lowest common denominator. With unemployment at 10%, people tend to worry about their jobs, yes. And the ripples this causes leads to a drop in consumer spending, which is a hamper on the economy. The stresses that cause this kind of unemployment also cause employers to reduce or eliminate wage/salary increases. Including other factors, this puts a stress on cost of living, and the cycle continues. When you have this going on, I can only imagine that the issue in gitmo, though important, isn't really a pressing matter compared to: It's the economy, stupid.
People are watching the unemployment number with a fascination and concern that casts a shadow over much else.
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I did not do as well on verbal SAT's as I did in math, but I will give this a shot.
Gitmo is to national security and "blank" is to the economy.
I would fill the blank in with something like taxing wall street bonuses. But if you compare the economy to national security rather than gitmo to the economy, I think national security would rate as high as the economy. I would also add that I think an administration can have a big impact on national security in a short period of time while that would not be true of the economy.