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169,000 Americans Drop Out of Labor Force in January As Unemployment Ticks Up
CNS News.com ^ | February 1, 2013 | Matt Cover

Posted on 02/01/2013 6:49:53 AM PST by Perdogg

The number of Americans not in the labor force grew by 169,000 in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest jobs report.

BLS labels people who are unemployed and no longer looking for work as “not in the labor force,” including people who have retired on schedule, taken early retirement, or simply given up looking for work. There were 89 million of them last month.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News
KEYWORDS: bhoeconomy; democrats; economy; obama
Happy Days Are Here Again
1 posted on 02/01/2013 6:49:59 AM PST by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
"We don't even COUNT Americans who have given up, so
what difference does it make?"


2 posted on 02/01/2013 6:56:05 AM PST by Diogenesis (Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: Diogenesis

LOL on the caption but good Lord what a site to make one sick.


3 posted on 02/01/2013 7:01:40 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Perdogg

LOL....When there are only five people left in the labor force, and they all have jobs, there will be 100% employment.

Thinking citizens know the corrupt government and its media propaganda machine falsifies the stats. The real numbers show up in our families, friends and communities where the suffering is real.


4 posted on 02/01/2013 7:05:21 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Perdogg

If Bronco ‘Bama can get the rest to drop out he can achieve 0% unemployment.


5 posted on 02/01/2013 7:19:19 AM PST by Iron Munro (I Miss America, don't you?)
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To: Diogenesis

If the ‘Hipster Hillary’ meme ever goes viral, her chances of winning the 2016 election are very low. “What difference does it make?” should go down in history with , “Let them eat cake”.


6 posted on 02/01/2013 7:22:59 AM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: jmcenanly

I do not have the technology nor the know-how to make a rap video of Hillary saying “What difference does it make?” like they did with the Obama-phone woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr201FqTP4w


7 posted on 02/01/2013 7:30:17 AM PST by Perdogg (Mark Levin - It's called the Bill of Rights not Bill of Needs)
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To: Perdogg
The number of unemployed persons, at 12.3 million, was little changed in January and has been at this level since Sept. 2012.

YET HE GOT REELECTED, ANYWAY......

8 posted on 02/01/2013 7:35:53 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: Perdogg

Blue = DOW

Red = S&P

Yellow= Nasdaq

9 posted on 02/01/2013 7:54:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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