Can you tell I'm in that percentage of the population that is currently unemployed?

---From NYTimes Op-Ed piece: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/opinion/03reich.htm
Although I mainly agree with the column, the most important thing that needs to be done to boost the economy is to rethink the education system. What has made America what it is today is innovation, and the school system needs to reflect that. Standardized testing does not spark innovation. Teaching innovation also does not need to cost money. Spending money on large corporations that haven't had a new idea in centuries is ludicrous, much better to provide direct seed money to innovative ideas. This is being done to some extent (mainly in the area of alternative energy), but what is needed now is to broaden the playing field to include people from all walks of life. What I mean is to empower all citizens to innovate new ways of making money, or better, making money obsolete.
Do parents pay a fee to their children for eating supper? No, they love them and do it out of love. At a party, do people pay for the food that others cooked? No, because everyone chipped in. It is only when an exchange of goods is done between participants who do not love each other that money is needed. We're a very, very long way from when that will become the reality…
In the mean time, it’s a dog get run over by a SUV world…
(also, can you tell I'm in that percentage of the population that is currently unemployed?)