Le Socialiste
30th March 2011, 07:57
I was reading an article on Spain's entering into the war in Libya, and at the bottom of the article, something caught my eye. It read as:
Latest figures show that unemployment is over 20 percent, 46 percent among the youth, and that 19.8 percent of the population lives below the relative poverty line.
Now, the last pop. estimate was in 2010, which registered Spain's population at 46,030,109. I'm not a math expert, but 20% of 46,030,109 (unemployed), 46% of which are youth, and 19% living under the relative poverty line seems like a rather sizable chunk of the population. By the way, if anyone here is a math expert, what's the total number of the population there? In any event, such percentages would seem to be enough to spark potential regional/national unrest. Any thoughts on this? Anybody on here from Spain?
Here's the article (the numbers are at the very end):
"Spain takes its place in the imperialist war against Libya"
http://www1.wsws.org/articles/2011/mar2011/span-m30.shtml
Latest figures show that unemployment is over 20 percent, 46 percent among the youth, and that 19.8 percent of the population lives below the relative poverty line.
Now, the last pop. estimate was in 2010, which registered Spain's population at 46,030,109. I'm not a math expert, but 20% of 46,030,109 (unemployed), 46% of which are youth, and 19% living under the relative poverty line seems like a rather sizable chunk of the population. By the way, if anyone here is a math expert, what's the total number of the population there? In any event, such percentages would seem to be enough to spark potential regional/national unrest. Any thoughts on this? Anybody on here from Spain?
Here's the article (the numbers are at the very end):
"Spain takes its place in the imperialist war against Libya"
http://www1.wsws.org/articles/2011/mar2011/span-m30.shtml