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  • Rochard
    Jägermeister Test Pilot
    • Dec 2001
    • 75733
    #1

    US Unemployment drops again

    Unemployment dropped to 5.6%. (Cue Vendzilla to tell us about how we are all making less, or less of us are looking for jobs, or how we need to re-evaluate how we have computed unemployment since the beginning of time.)

    Unemployment rate drops to 5.6% as economy creates 252,000 jobs | MSNBC

    Just out of curiosity, what is the unemployment rate in other countries?
    Herschel Savage
    Brooklyn, NY
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    • Milfer
      Confirmed User
      • Dec 2008
      • 1149
      #2
      Barack Obama is going "Good" can't we re elect him 3rd time?

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        • Bryan G
          Confirmed User
          • Aug 2005
          • 8338
          #3
          6.5% here in Canada.
          Bryan
          skype: bryan.glass3 | ICQ 302999591

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            • Captain Kawaii
              So Fucking Banned
              • Oct 2007
              • 6748
              #4
              Fake numbers = Meanignless

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                • directfiesta
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 30135
                  #5
                  See..... Elect the GOP in both houses ... and everything is back to hooky dooky !!!!
                  I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT !

                  But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....

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                    • 12clicks
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Jan 2001
                      • 19813
                      #6
                      I thought all of the dumb were squeezed out of the biz
                      I'm not a dinosaur, I'm a crocodile. I've seen dinosaurs come and go and I'm left unimpressed.

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                        • Buff
                          GFY Assassin
                          • May 2003
                          • 2993
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Rochard
                          Unemployment dropped to 5.6%. (Cue Vendzilla to tell us about how we are all making less, or less of us are looking for jobs, or how we need to re-evaluate how we have computed unemployment since the beginning of time.)

                          Unemployment rate drops to 5.6% as economy creates 252,000 jobs | MSNBC

                          Just out of curiosity, what is the unemployment rate in other countries?
                          The Labor Force Participation is the lowest it's been since 1978.

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                            • Buff
                              GFY Assassin
                              • May 2003
                              • 2993
                              #8


                              Alternate Unemployment Charts

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                                • Vendzilla
                                  Biker Gnome
                                  • Mar 2004
                                  • 23200
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Buff
                                  The Labor Force Participation is the lowest it's been since 1978.
                                  Exactly, but he doesn't understand math

                                  Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                  think about that

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                                    • crockett
                                      in a van by the river
                                      • May 2003
                                      • 76818
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Vendzilla
                                      Exactly, but he doesn't understand math

                                      Doom & Gloom we can always count on the GFY conservatives for Doom & Gloom in light of good news..
                                      In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.

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                                        • Vendzilla
                                          Biker Gnome
                                          • Mar 2004
                                          • 23200
                                          #11
                                          The post-recession economy has undergone the slowest recovery in 70 years. In addition to more than 6 percent unemployment five years after the recession officially ended, labor force participation has fallen sharply since the recession began in December 2007. Today, 6.9 million fewer Americans are working or searching for work. The drop in unemployment since 2009 is almost entirely due to the fact that those not looking for work do not count as unemployed. Demographic factors explain less than one-quarter of the decreased labor force participation. The rest comes from increased school enrollment and more people collecting disability benefits. Over 6 percent of U.S. adults are now on Social Security Disability Insurance


                                          so as any person that's not an idiot can see, this is not good news!
                                          Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                          think about that

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                                            • Rochard
                                              Jägermeister Test Pilot
                                              • Dec 2001
                                              • 75733
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Buff
                                              The Labor Force Participation is the lowest it's been since 1978.
                                              And?

                                              Our population is getting older; Less of our population is looking for employment.

                                              You can try to make this out as a bad thing, but it seems to me the unemployment rate is a somewhat accurate gauge of our true unemployment figures. Six years ago when our unemployment was at it's high, a large percentage of my local friends were out of work and looking for jobs. Oddly enough, now that the unemployment rate is down none of my friends are looking for jobs.
                                              Herschel Savage
                                              Brooklyn, NY

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                                                • Vendzilla
                                                  Biker Gnome
                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                  • 23200
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Rochard
                                                  And?

                                                  Our population is getting older; Less of our population is looking for employment.

                                                  You can try to make this out as a bad thing, but it seems to me the unemployment rate is a somewhat accurate gauge of our true unemployment figures. Six years ago when our unemployment was at it's high, a large percentage of my local friends were out of work and looking for jobs. Oddly enough, now that the unemployment rate is down none of my friends are looking for jobs.
                                                  Richard, Wrong as usual

                                                  Don?t blame waves of retirement for that fact: the Census Bureau reported that, from 2005 to 2010, older Americans actually became more likely to be employed. The percentage of 65-69 year-olds remaining in the workforce jumped from 26 percent to 32 percent over a ten-year-period ending in 2012. Among those 70-74 the jump was even more startling: from 14 percent to 19.5 percent. Meanwhile workers in the prime of their lives have simply left the playing field.

                                                  And Richard, the world doesn't revolve around your group of friends!

                                                  Under Obama, more people have been added to food stamps than job rolls

                                                  Sorry, Obama Fans: Reagan Did Better on Jobs and Growth - Forbes
                                                  Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                  think about that

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                                                    • kane
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Aug 2001
                                                      • 20684
                                                      #14
                                                      The problem is that our current economy is suffering from more than 20 years of shitty government policies that encourage companies to go overseas and pull jobs out of the US. This means that most of the jobs being created are either higher paying jobs that require an education and work experience or lower paying jobs that simply don't pay that much.

                                                      This isn't going to change until out leaders from both parties do things that help create an environment where companies will want to create middle income jobs here in America.

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                                                        • Vendzilla
                                                          Biker Gnome
                                                          • Mar 2004
                                                          • 23200
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by kane
                                                          The problem is that our current economy is suffering from more than 20 years of shitty government policies that encourage companies to go overseas and pull jobs out of the US. This means that most of the jobs being created are either higher paying jobs that require an education and work experience or lower paying jobs that simply don't pay that much.

                                                          This isn't going to change until out leaders from both parties do things that help create an environment where companies will want to create middle income jobs here in America.
                                                          While i agree, i also love to prove the Obama cheerleaders wrong.

                                                          I blame NAFTA for jobs moving overseas

                                                          Obama hasn't done shit for problem of unemployment.

                                                          Stimulus was what 800 billion? Where are those jobs he promised?
                                                          Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                          think about that

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