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Old 01-06-2012, 06:53 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Bottom Line - Hiring gained traction in December (http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/06/10002777-hiring-gained-traction-in-december - broken link)

Best month to month job gains since 2006.

Good news for Obama in the new year.

You can't spin that in a bad way.
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Old 01-06-2012, 06:54 AM
 
Location: NC
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seasonal jobs and people falling off the unemployment count as they have given up looking?


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Old 01-06-2012, 06:56 AM
 
Location: In a Galaxy far, far away called Germany
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Bottom Line - Hiring gained traction in December (http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/06/10002777-hiring-gained-traction-in-december - broken link)

Best month to month job gains since 2006.

Good news for Obama in the new year.

You can't spin that in a bad way.
Wait for the January number. All those Holiday season jobs won't be around anymore and it will give us a true reading of where we are on unemployment.
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Old 01-06-2012, 06:57 AM
 
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Bottom Line - Hiring gained traction in December (http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/06/10002777-hiring-gained-traction-in-december - broken link)

Best month to month job gains since 2006.

Good news for Obama in the new year.

You can't spin that in a bad way.
Sure you can. People will be laid off in January. That's how seasonal hiring works. This was not unexpected.

Interestingly, not one single mention of a seasonal workforce was mentioned in the article. For that reason, this is either woefully lacking news reporting, or woefully biased towards Barack Obama.
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Old 01-06-2012, 06:59 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Sure you can. These people will be laid off in January. That's how seasonal hiring works. This was not unexpected.
Seasonal jobs...no folks. Denial is bliss for the Right.

This is a pattern of jobs gains of over 100k per month for over 6 months..best since 2006!
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Old 01-06-2012, 07:04 AM
 
Location: Long Island, NY
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Seasonal jobs...no folks. Denial is bliss for the Right.

This is a pattern of jobs gains of over 100k per month for over 6 months..best since 2006!
What's telling on the topic is that the Republicans want to be as pessimistic as possible because they hate President Obama more than they love America. They're hoping Americans lose jobs so that Obama looks bad. That's all that matters to them -- never mind that Americans are suffering.

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Interestingly, not one single mention of a seasonal workforce was mentioned in the article.
Ahem. The numbers are seasonally adjusted.

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Old 01-06-2012, 07:05 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Bottom Line - Hiring gained traction in December (http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/06/10002777-hiring-gained-traction-in-december - broken link)

Best month to month job gains since 2006.

Good news for Obama in the new year.

You can't spin that in a bad way.

WOW!!! Great news. That's six months in a row with more than 100K added.

At the same time the government workforce shrank again. So, private sector is adding, and public is shedding. I like that trend.
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Old 01-06-2012, 07:07 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Sure you can. People will be laid off in January. That's how seasonal hiring works. This was not unexpected.
If I remember correctly in December 2008 we lost 800 000 jobs. Seasonal jobs in reverse?
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Old 01-06-2012, 07:08 AM
 
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Bottom Line - Hiring gained traction in December (http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/06/10002777-hiring-gained-traction-in-december - broken link)

Best month to month job gains since 2006.

Good news for Obama in the new year.

You can't spin that in a bad way.
Sure can't and let's hope there is no more talk about an unemployment extension. Happy days are here again!
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Old 01-06-2012, 07:08 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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What's telling on the topic is that the Republicans want to be as pessimistic as possible because they hate President Obama more than they love America. They're hoping Americans lose jobs so that Obama looks bad. That's all that matters to them -- never mind that Americans are suffering.
Sad, but true. It's incredible how Republicans preach this love for country, but any signs that our (ours as in Left, center and right - everyone's) economy is improving they want to cry foul! Why wouldn't you rejoice that our nation's economy is heading in the right direction? Because you hate Obama? That's so hypocritical!
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