Bob Herbert Hiding From Reality Summary

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In the passage “Hiding from Reality” by Bob Herbert, Hebert discusses how America currently is in horrible shape. America right now is try to recover from its’ past mistakes, but it will take several years before the U.S. can get back to its previous state. In the year 2009, more than 650,000 foreign-born workers were taking up the jobs that are usually worked by native-born workers, and are still continuing. Herbert explains, “We should discriminate against foreign-born workers, but that the U.S. needs to develop a full-employment economy that provides jobs for all who want to work at pay that enables the workers and their families to enjoy a decent standard of living.” The effects of the Human Suffrage lead to the Recession which will be

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