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Some of that job growth could be attributed to Obamacare and the definition of full time/part time.
To keep places staffed yet keep employees under 30 hours companies probably hired more people.
I know the McDonalds that I go to did that and the girls there told me they are capped at 25 hours per week.
Government data shows that since 2000 all of the net gain in the number of working-age (16 to 65) people holding a job has gone to immigrants (legal and illegal).
This is remarkable given that native-born Americans accounted for two-thirds of the growth in the total working-age population.
Government data shows that since 2000 all of the net gain in the number of working-age (16 to 65) people holding a job has gone to immigrants (legal and illegal).
This is remarkable given that native-born Americans accounted for two-thirds of the growth in the total working-age population.
1984 saw unemployment hover between 7.3-8%. 1984, not 2014, is a perfect example of the economy growing like crazy because it had nowhere to go but up.
Fun fact: Reagan's America didn't see sub-5.6% unemployment until April 1988, his final year in office. At this point in his presidency it stood at 6.6%. Yeah, the economy created jobs, and the public sector thrived, but it wasn't enough to bring unemployment to healthy levels until the end of the decade. The recession Reagan and Congress had to deal with was nowhere near as calamitous as the Great Recession either.
2000, now THAT'S enviable growth. To add 3.4 million jobs to an economy that was already kicking butt is very impressive.
And what could possibly have been different during those contrasting time frames? Is it harder to drop the UE rate with people wanting to be in the labor force or is it harder with people wanting to get out of the labor force? If you're an honest person the answer is easy.
How many of these were seasonal jobs? With this area being heavily populated with distribution centers, they are always hiring during the run up to Christmas. After Jan 1, they go back to their regular staffing levels. The same goes with the shipping companies like Fed Ex, UPS and the numerous trucking companies in the area.
Here is a link to the report. You can see the numbers both seasonally adjusted (which are reduced this time of year) and non-seasonal adjusted. In either case, the net job growth from Dec 2013 to Dec 2014 is about the same.
Some of that job growth could be attributed to Obamacare and the definition of full time/part time.
To keep places staffed yet keep employees under 30 hours companies probably hired more people.
I know the McDonalds that I go to did that and the girls there told me they are capped at 25 hours per week.
The vast majority of new hires were for full-time positions. This has been the case throughout the Obama administration. The "part-time economy" meme used by the right is 100% myth:
Government data shows that since 2000 all of the net gain in the number of working-age (16 to 65) people holding a job has gone to immigrants (legal and illegal).
This is remarkable given that native-born Americans accounted for two-thirds of the growth in the total working-age population.
Apparently your source (whatever it is) doesn't include the last year. Either that or you are just making stuff up again.
If you included it, 2014 would be #3 in that top 10 list.
Although factually correct and truthful, we're lacking context here. We need to be examining job creation relative to other factors.
So let's do that.
Top 10 Years of Net Jobs Created Relative to Population
In plain English, that's the number of new jobs created per person (and we're talking about the Non-Institutional Civilian Population Age 16+).
Make up your mind - first you claim this is referring to the "Population " THEN you claim it's the "Non-Institutional Civilian Population Age 16+" (ie the Labor Force). Apparently you don't even understand that those are 2 different statistics.
Top 10 Years of Net Jobs Created Relative to Net Population Increase
Again, you are leaving out 2014. It would fall in the middle of that Top 10 list.
At most, you can claim that 2014 ranks on the high end of Mediocre, otherwise there's nothing special about it.
"Mediocre" - you mean in every one of your "Top 10" lists (excluding your 2nd one - which you can't even tell us what statistic it actually is)?
That's "mediocre"?
Happily debunking....
I did, thanks
Mircea
Ken
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