Mauricio Giovagnini wrote: "But I'm not communist and I don't live in a communist country . It's a thought that I have since a long time when I see people in the streets with no jobs... One as an engineers has to study to keep track to where the tech world goes. When I see both things I can't understand what will happen to people like this within 30, 40 or 50 years. How will be our's kids world... that's all. There are no hidden message behind my words." I never said you were communist, or that you live in a communist country. A lot of my countrymen (US Americans) have similar ideas, which shocks me. I think that's only because they don't understand how good they have it. Having said that, Argentina does rank pretty low on the "Level of Economic Freedom" list. Take a look here: The situation may have improved since 2005 (the wall poster I bought for 2006 ranks Argentina at #73), and maybe your new president will bring more positive changes. The truth is, in a free market economy, unemployment rarely exceeds 5%. Some unemployment is inevitable -- there are always people between jobs, but this type of unemployment is by definition short-lived. Excessive unemployment, on the other hand (over 10%), is a man-made occurence, which results from over-regulation by the government. The almost 25% unemployment rate in your country which happened in 2002 is unheard of in the US. The government must be doing something right, though: -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist