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The New Face of American Unemployment
Bloomberg ^
| 2/7/17
| Smialeck et al
Posted on 02/07/2017 12:46:15 PM PST by pabianice
Edited on 02/07/2017 12:57:37 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2017-new-unemployment/
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jobs; laborforce; unemployment
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I don't know what to make of this. Bloomberg is, of course, bumping along on the Lefty Nutmobile. But these jobless are largely uneducated, on drugs, semi-literate, and felons. Some come to job interviews on drugs and, gasp! Fail the drug test. I do identify with the older guys who are told they are "too old" for a job.
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posted on
02/07/2017 12:46:15 PM PST
by
pabianice
To: pabianice
wait, what happened to all of 2009 ?
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posted on
02/07/2017 12:50:02 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
To: pabianice
didn’t take long for Bloomberg to find them after Obama was out of office
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posted on
02/07/2017 12:50:23 PM PST
by
SPRINK
To: pabianice
Yep. Now that Obama is out of office and the Trump staff is still disinfecting the White House - it’s now OK to honestly address the unemployment problems.
Which are Trump’s fault, right?
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posted on
02/07/2017 12:52:30 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(It's Donald Trump's America and we're just living in it.)
To: pabianice
Why are we hearing this now? Where were they in 2009 with ‘shovel ready jobs’???
Oh I see, lets bring this out and try to blame it on President Trump...don’t even try to go there if you want a paycheck!!!
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posted on
02/07/2017 12:52:49 PM PST
by
HarleyLady27
('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
To: pabianice
I do identify with the older guys who are told they are "too old" for a job. Being in IT for almost 20 years, I fear this and don't want to get laid off until retirement. But it's not within my control.
My only saving grace is I have 15 years experience in retail hardware, including management and customer service. Home Depot or Lowe's would be my first stops...if i HAD to get a job. I could teach the young whipper-snappers a thing or three.
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posted on
02/07/2017 12:53:33 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted. It belongs to the brave. - - Ronaldus Magnus Reagan)
To: pabianice
working part-time when theyd prefer more hours Does Bloomberg blame Obamacare's 30-hour work week limit for this?
-PJ
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posted on
02/07/2017 12:53:49 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: pabianice
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posted on
02/07/2017 12:55:23 PM PST
by
XEHRpa
To: pabianice
I’d have to look again, but a few weeks ago I was looking at something else and ran into these numbers.
I don’t think we were anywhere near 15 million new jobs since 2010.
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posted on
02/07/2017 12:56:13 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
To: pabianice
I think they could have come up with a better group of people than this for an article about long-term unemployment.
Maybe not. Maybe the real problem is something that I am hearing from a number of employers: that many people are unemployed because they are unemployable.
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posted on
02/07/2017 12:58:45 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
To: pabianice
This has been the “face” of unemployment since Obamacare came into full force.
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posted on
02/07/2017 1:03:54 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: DoughtyOne
I dont think we were anywhere near 15 million new jobs since 2010.Probably were. However, if a job is added to the created list it never goes off if that job is lost. You'd have to subtract the number of those created jobs that didn't last. I'm betting they never do.
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posted on
02/07/2017 1:05:55 PM PST
by
raybbr
(That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
To: pabianice
15.8 million jobs added since 2010? That just makes my head spin. What are they, 2 hours a day and each day counts as a new job?
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posted on
02/07/2017 1:06:08 PM PST
by
NEMDF
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I do COBOL and Java along with Unix. I already have a job waiting on me when I retire.
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posted on
02/07/2017 1:10:25 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: NEMDF
Part-time jobs that replaced full-time jobs that were lost.
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posted on
02/07/2017 1:11:18 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: stylin19a
I know your question is rhetorical but we all know that homelessness and joblessness didn’t even exist between 2009 and 2017, right? Because it would have made the golfer in the WH uncomfortable.
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posted on
02/07/2017 1:12:42 PM PST
by
Bullish
(May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
To: pabianice
Why have ‘disability’ payments gone up? I doubt our jobs have gotten more dangerous. Is it being used as an alternate ‘unemployment insurance?’ Are there more lawyers abetting the increase?
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posted on
02/07/2017 1:15:20 PM PST
by
posterchild
(Treade a worme on the tayle, and it must turne agayne.)
To: raybbr
They must take note when people leave their jobs, or the numbers wouldn’t go down.
They actually did under Bush.
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posted on
02/07/2017 1:16:33 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
To: DoughtyOne
In point of fact, the employment numbers for construction and manufacturing was at 2007 levels according to the Dept of Labor. These are the highest paying jobs available to the less educated. This tells you a lot about why Trump won the working class. A lot of those who obtained jobs in that period were paid a lot less than in construction/manufacturing.
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posted on
02/07/2017 1:17:58 PM PST
by
arrogantsob
(Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com.)
To: arrogantsob
In construction and manufacturing, you’re also butting heads with the illegals who live three families to a home, and don’t need to make as much.
I agree with your thoughts.
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posted on
02/07/2017 1:21:33 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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