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Job news = good news? Not exactly
The Orange County Register blog Orange Punch ^
| 2-1-2012
| Mark Landsbaum
Posted on 02/01/2012 11:18:22 AM PST by landsbaum
The Register is reporting this morning that private employers added 170,000 jobs in January.
So, isnt that good news? Well, probably for those 170,000 people, whoever they are.
But economists tell us that, give or take, from 125,000 to 200,000 enter the job market monthly. That means . . .
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Reference
KEYWORDS: economy; election; jobless; unemployed
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posted on
02/01/2012 11:18:34 AM PST
by
landsbaum
To: landsbaum
doctoring the stats isnt going to fool the people who are out of work, or those worried about becoming out of work.Well, the probably ARE trying to convince those with jobs that everything is Hunky-Dorey so that they increase their spending. Problem with that strategy is that disposable income is way down.
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posted on
02/01/2012 11:26:57 AM PST
by
Tallguy
(It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
To: metmom; humblegunner; landsbaum
Oh, look, metmom!
It’s a blog piece by your favorite “ten year sleeper FReeper” being pimped by his alter ego account.
Bet you just can’t wait to click through and give him a hit!
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posted on
02/01/2012 11:28:12 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: shibumi; metmom
Do not taunt the master teaser.
That means . . .
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To: humblegunner
I’m not trying to bait anyone.
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posted on
02/01/2012 11:41:30 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: landsbaum
We are in a depression and the world economy will not last out the year... when the Euro collapses... and it will... we go down with them. Yeah... happy days are here again!
LLS
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posted on
02/01/2012 11:59:29 AM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
(Hey repubic elite scumbags... jam mitt up your collective arses!)
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