Oh hell, I just ordered some vittoria inner-tubes (Italian) from a British web site, they will probably be made in taiwan & I will re-gas them with Chinese Co2 if I get a flat. Dammit, I am being supported by the united nations.

IT is good to be balanced...Not everything is great in Europe nor is it in the US...Our nephew sort of likes Europe because of all the time off..Plus he married a Spanish woman.....He likes the fact- Don't get up at 4 am, either...
but as to unemployment...Maybe you have never been unemployed...The way the US government accounts for its unemployed is scandalous....One day after six months of unemployment runs out, you are not counted and no longer a person. Heck , we do not even count much of our urban population in the Census..Too much trouble to search for the homeless/unemployed in our urban core...Census takers are minimized , Census data is mostly done by electronic means.. You are not wired in , you do not exist.