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Old 11-02-2011, 11:41 AM
 
Location: Montgomery Village
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Interesting. Employment continues to grow under the Administration amidst shrinking Government.

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ahhhhh! Facts!!! Noooooo!! My eyes!! They burn!!!
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:27 PM
 
Location: Syracuse, New York
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Interestingly, private sector employment has grown during the greatest twenty month expansion of the food stamp program in US history.
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:46 PM
 
Location: Vermont
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LMAO shrinking government...rightttttt...and I don't see any of these supposed gains in employment where I live.
And you know this because you regularly conduct statiscally valid studies of total employment in your city, county, and state, I assume?
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Old 11-02-2011, 01:00 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth Texas
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For 20 months now.
20 months of job growth and we have an unemployment rate of 9.8% such great growth. bet those 9.8% are celebrating the great job growth
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Old 11-02-2011, 01:28 PM
 
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Interesting. Employment continues to grow under the Administration amidst shrinking Government.

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How about breaking out the local gov't jobs from federal jobs. It might paint a different picture.
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Old 11-02-2011, 01:28 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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20 months of job growth and we have an unemployment rate of 9.8% such great growth. bet those 9.8% are celebrating the great job growth
9.8% Wow! When did it go up?

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Analysts note job cuts so far this year remain "well below" levels two years ago. By this point in 2009, the reports said, planned layoffs totaled nearly 1.2 million.
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Old 11-02-2011, 01:30 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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Interestingly, private sector employment has grown during the greatest twenty month expansion of the food stamp program in US history.
If we presume your data is correct (do you have a source) -
What would you present as a solution to the issue you've raised?
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Old 11-02-2011, 01:31 PM
 
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It's slower that any of us would like, but as Obama said when he was campaigning, the recovery from the economic meltdown during the previous administration will be measured in years, not months. We're on the right track. Keep up the good work President Obama!
Obama also said that if his stimulus bill passed, unemployment would NOT go over 8%.
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Old 11-02-2011, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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How about breaking out the local gov't jobs from federal jobs. It might paint a different picture.
No. You do it. We'll check your source.
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Old 11-02-2011, 01:33 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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Obama also said that if his stimulus bill passed, unemployment would NOT go over 8%.

Did he? It's over 8% and jobs are being created. What's your point.
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