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More Obama job shell games. Are we feeling hopeful yet?
Orange Punch, The Orange County Register political commentary blog ^ | 5-4-2012 | Mark Landsbaum

Posted on 05/04/2012 2:54:18 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum

More wonderful job news. Just kidding. Yeah, officially the unemployment rate nationwide declined another tick to 8.1 percent.

So much for officialdom. The fact is, the reason unemployment is slightly down this month is the same reason unemployment has been declining ever so slightly for a while: every month hundreds of thousands of people give up looking for work.

Yeah, unemployment is getting better, if you don’t count all those unemployed people the government doesn’t count any more...

(Excerpt) Read more at orangepunch.ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: jobs; laborforce; obamaadministration; shamelessblogpimp; unemployment

1 posted on 05/04/2012 2:54:30 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum
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To: Mark Landsbaum

I have posted this on four threads today and no one is understanding, or cares I guess.

IF YOU WORK ONE HOUR IN THE WEEK OF THE 11TH OF THE MONTH, YOU ARE COUNTED AS EMPLOYED.

Oh well, if anyone cares, I am here to explain.


2 posted on 05/04/2012 3:14:57 PM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: Mark Landsbaum

Summer of Recovery, V3.0!


3 posted on 05/04/2012 3:16:28 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (The Presidential Race is about the relative light reflectivity of your Slavemaster.)
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To: Mark Landsbaum

Double ++ good. /newspeak


4 posted on 05/04/2012 3:22:42 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: Mark Landsbaum
At this rate the adminstration will massage these numbers to where it will look like 0% unemployment by November.


5 posted on 05/04/2012 3:24:08 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: autumnraine
Sure we care, the thing is the numbers are bogus, there is no 8.1 % unemployment. What you are saying is just another way they rig the numbers. They have more than one way and your way is just one of them.

What it amounts to is that Bozo's numbers are false. Period.

6 posted on 05/04/2012 3:37:45 PM PDT by calex59
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To: Mark Landsbaum

He’s having a fun ride spending $1.40 for every $1 in revenues, just like a family riding a “prosperity” wave of credit cards and helocs.

When the day of reckoning comes, pray that Baraq gets full credit.


7 posted on 05/04/2012 3:41:33 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: autumnraine

Hype and Blame. Media Propaganda. They’re playing games with the employment numbers. If he’s re-elected they’ll report it as STILL “Bush’s Fault”.

This country is so demoralized, I’ve never seen it in such a mess as this.


8 posted on 05/04/2012 3:58:52 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: autumnraine

Because when you claim UC, you have to report any income. That one day is subtracted from you UC benefit. There by you are employed. Its not enough to close your claim, but is written off as the person is employed. Thats how they fudge the numbers.


9 posted on 05/04/2012 4:04:34 PM PDT by goseminoles
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10 posted on 05/04/2012 5:48:56 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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