The Joke

The President of the Spanish government has recently said that the economic crisis in Spain is over. Was he joking when he said that? If the situation wasn't so serious, that statement would make me laugh. How can he claim such a thing? In a country where the unemployment rate is one of the highest percentage in Europe and where people are becomming poorer rapidly, the President of the State dares to say that the crisis is over. Perhaps the situation is fine for him as he has a well-paid job but, how about the more than six million unemployed people who live in Spain? Many of those people have spent more than two years out of work not because they are lazy, but because they can't find a job anywhere in the country. What's more, an increasing number of Spanish people has left the country to try to find a job abroad.

The Joke

The President of the Spanish government has recently said that the economic crisis in Spain is over. Was he joking when he said that? If the situation weren't so serious, that statement would make me laugh. How can he claim such a thing? In a country where the unemployment rate is one of the highest in Europe and where people are increasingly becoming poorer, the President of the State dares to say that the crisis is over. Perhaps the situation is fine for him as he has a well-paid job but, how about the more than six million unemployed people who live in Spain? Many of those people have spent more than two years out of work not because they are lazy, but because they can't find a job anywhere in the country. What's more, an increasing number of Spanish people has have left the country to try to find a job abroad.

"People" is considered plural in this case, unlike "la gente" en español which I think is always singular.