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Old 04-07-2013, 12:32 AM
 
Location: Houston, Tx
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Associated Press on the Latest Jobs Numbers: A Recovery

Wow even the liberal media is starting to admit that their boy Obama can't get the job done. He's economic plan is a joke, its not working.

"It isn't supposed to be this way. After a recession, an improving economy is supposed to bring people back into the job market."

"Unemployment dropped for all the wrong reasons," says Craig Alexander, chief economist with TD Bank Financial Group. "It dropped because more workers stopped looking for jobs. It signaled less confidence and optimism that there are jobs out there."
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Old 04-07-2013, 12:54 AM
 
Location: None of your business
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Democrat operatives in the media are quickly spinning the bad economic news as the fault of the sequester, i.e. automatic government spending cuts. The excuses, however, are running out.

The data show the cuts had almost no impact on the job market. Although there will be some impact it will be minimal. The report is showing evidence that we’re feeling the effects of the recent payroll tax increases, as the retail sector shed 24,000 jobs.

The sector of the economy most impacted by government contracts, increased hiring by 51k last month, in line with previous growth. A pullback in government spending would likely have seen this sector shed jobs.

A liberal advocacy group found that a majority of jobs lost during the recent recession were in the middle range of wages, while a majority of those added during the recovery had been low-paying jobs.

7.6 million workers who want full-time work can find only part-time work, and their missing work hours do not count toward the official unemployment rate.

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Old 04-07-2013, 05:56 AM
 
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It was never supposed to work. The idea is to have an excuse for the Fed to continue feeding the big banks forever. They continue to grow while taxpayers and the poor fall further and further behind.

Obama: "Let them eat cake".
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Old 04-07-2013, 07:28 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Maybe the AP should pick up Shadowstats which uses the pre 1994 method of calculating UE.
They put UE at about 23%.
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Old 04-07-2013, 07:38 AM
 
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The actions being taken by the federal guv i.e. inflating the money supply, subsidizing unemployment, bailing out failed businesses , price controls, wage controls, discouraging saving, encouraging spending are all having the cumulative effect of stalling any real recovery, while creating unsustainible bubbles in isolated areas.
Non interference in the market is the best rx for the economy.
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Old 04-07-2013, 07:45 AM
 
Location: Central Ohio
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Maybe the AP should pick up Shadowstats which uses the pre 1994 method of calculating UE.
They put UE at about 23%.
Let's face the facts though, Obama or his minions will hold the presidency forever. In Geo Bush II, one of the worst republicans of all time, was the last republican president we will ever see.

With the acceptance of illegal immigration and ACORN type voting fraud we could see 75% unemployment yet democrats will still remain in power and idiots like Obama can golf on the public dollar.
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Old 04-07-2013, 07:58 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Here's a twist on things...

Maybe poverty is their solution....

We're into year 4 of "recovery" folks. Do you feel recovered ?
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Old 04-07-2013, 08:05 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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The AP could easily gather these facts and come to their own conclusion....

Here's a few tidbits from this article:
The 21 Key Statistics About The Explosive Growth Of Poverty In America | Zero Hedge
It may be hard to believe, but approximately 57 percent of all children in the United States are currently living in homes that are either considered to be either "low income" or impoverished.

About 40 percent of all unemployed workers in America have been out of work for at least half a year.

The number of Americans on food stamps now exceeds the entire population of Spain.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 146 million Americans are either "poor" or "low income".
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Old 04-07-2013, 10:19 AM
 
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Here's a twist on things...Maybe poverty is their solution....

We're into year 4 of "recovery" folks. Do you feel recovered ?
Well Biden did say that Americans were no longer worried. Pelosi did say that welfare was stimulus.

Maybe this is their idea of the recovery. The Obama recovery.
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Old 04-07-2013, 10:23 AM
 
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Once again, economies are like rubber bands..

When they crash hard, they normally come back roaring..

It doesnt take a rocket science to understand this isnt normal
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