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Sorry about your property taxes. You might want to consider moving to another county. In my county property tax can never go up by that much by law. The increases are capped.
Or live in some undesirable crap-hole of a city where property values don't rise
Ok so some 30% of high schoolers don't graduate according to some studies and from there another 30% of the remaining 70% of high schoolers who graduate don't go onto college (23%). That is about 53% of 18 year olds who would need to enter the workforce proper and don't have a scholastic barrier. In reality, we see 7,000 workers who turn 18 each day, so we have a net loss of workers of about a thousand give or take.
Of course you're correct - except from that to be completely accurate about the 53%, you would have to deduct from that figure the ones who don't enter the workforce because they work on their family farm or business, are disabled, in jail or prison or the military
In the face of global fears, the U.S. economy is still gaining speed.
American employers added 292,000 jobs in December. Economists surveyed by CNNMoney predicted 211,000 jobs would be added.
For all of 2015, the economy added 2.65 million jobs, the second best year of jobs gains since 1999
The unemployment rate stayed at 5% for the third straight month. That's near what most economists consider "full employment." Unemployment is down by half from its peak of 10
Wages grew 2.5%
Are those full time private sector jobs? What is the labor participation figures? Link to the 2.5% wage increase. If it only relates to the raise in minimum wage forced by the Government, that does not prove that the economy is bouncing back, it only shows that the minimum wage increased by law and the fallout will be apparent very soon.
Are those full time private sector jobs? What is the labor participation figures? Link to the 2.5% wage increase. If it only relates to the raise in minimum wage forced by the Government, that does not prove that the economy is bouncing back, it only shows that the minimum wage increased by law and the fallout will be apparent very soon.
He/she already gave you a link to the info you asked for . In the time you spent typing that post you could have read the freakin artcile from the OP, post #1 of the thread.
And then we have the layoffs now that Christmas is over.
"unexpected" is how the MSM reports it. Everyone knows that Jan has bigger layoff numbers because Christmas is over.
U.S. jobless claims rise; import prices sharply weaker
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but remained at levels associated with a healthy labor market.
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The increase likely reflects volatility as the data is difficult to adjust during holidays.
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