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RC

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27. These are all pressing problems that need to be addressed,

Reply to MrSlayer (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 02:59 PM

Jan 2013

This country is big enough to tackle more than one thing at a time. We need to try it sometime.

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I'm fed up!! What is the current unemployment rate? [View all] Trascoli Jan 2013 OP

Still eight fucking percent. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #1

Thanks for posting your comment. We shouldn't forget that we have a long way JDPriestly Jan 2013 #6

"Thanks for posting your comment." greiner3 Jan 2013 #20

fixing guns isn't impossible. it SHOULD be done. Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #9

You're right... KM0201 Jan 2013 #11

Enjoy your stay! greiner3 Jan 2013 #21

DOW is closing in on 14,000. B Calm Jan 2013 #25

The one.. KM0201 Jan 2013 #30

The most important point is the direction we are going bhikkhu Jan 2013 #36

Guns are a real problem quaker bill Jan 2013 #14

Confidence Fairy = Great Flying Spaghetti Monster eridani Jan 2013 #18

I am not taken with the business confidence fairy quaker bill Jan 2013 #19

Hey why all the negativity? R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #24

These are all pressing problems that need to be addressed, RC Jan 2013 #27

Its been declining, is 7.8%. elleng Jan 2013 #2

Why are you angry? NoOneMan Jan 2013 #3

From the google chart dem4ward Jan 2013 #4

Who the fuck knows? They've been massaging and lying about the numbers so long that Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #5

+1 woo me with science Jan 2013 #28

Demand is still low. That's why the economy remains in the ditch. duffyduff Jan 2013 #29

That is true. It is also true that this party and administration has failed to even propose, Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #40

+1 leftstreet Jan 2013 #38

The rate doesn't matter. If you have no job, the unemployment rate is 100%. n/t aristocles Jan 2013 #7

higher than when Clinton left office. lower than when Bush left Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #8

Actually... KM0201 Jan 2013 #12

you are wrong. any time someone comes here with 2 posts to tell me numbers Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #15

I think you need to re-read what I said. KM0201 Jan 2013 #17

Dd you notice the graph points down? nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #41

Misinformed and misinforming.... Sedona Jan 2013 #22

W KM0201 Jan 2013 #31

Yes you missed the 9.3 unemployment rate in 2009 when the US was still operating under W's bugdet Sedona Jan 2013 #37

Uh oh...with stats like that, Obama might lose reelection! alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #23

Anyone KM0201 Jan 2013 #33

Memories were long enough during election season union_maid Jan 2013 #34

Under Obama 6 million new jobs B Calm Jan 2013 #10

You must have a decent job. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #13

I have managed to B Calm Jan 2013 #16

Thank you for your reply and your candor. Surely, you understand that it is far easier to give Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #39

Can't we multi-task? Especially since the GOP BLOCKED 3 Jobs Bills including one aimed at Vets. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #26

If KM0201 Jan 2013 #32

In my area it is 8.5%. LWolf Jan 2013 #35