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In reply to the discussion: Employment is flatlining. [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)19. Actually I blame Rahm Emmanuel (Obama's first Chief of Staff) as much as
Obama himself. Yeah, I know, the buck stops at the top and ultimately Obama is responsible. But the President's CoS has an enormous influence on policy and appointments. Consider if Stiglitz and Krugman had been, respectively, Treasury Secretary and Chair of Council of Economic Advisors. Those appointments were never going to happen with Rahm "Progressives are retarded" Emmanuel as CoS.
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The economy created 115,000 jobs in April and unemployment dropped to 8.1% - boo hoo hoo
jpak
May 2012
#1
115,000 jobs created vs 342,000 discouraged workers dropping out of the labor force
MadHound
May 2012
#2
Why do you give Reagan credit for a downward UE trend, and yet ignore the same trend for Obama?
JoePhilly
May 2012
#6
obama bad obama bad obama bad obama bad obama bad obama bad obama bad obama bad obama bad obama bad
dionysus
May 2012
#59
Exactly! We Democrats are our own worse enemy! Always a fucking Debbie Downer! It depresses the vote
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2012
#74
So all those people who died had jobs and those who were just born need one? That doesnt make sense
stevenleser
May 2012
#66
I also find it interesting that no matter which way UE moves ... its bad news for Obama.
JoePhilly
May 2012
#31
The BLS runs a survey of households from which it derives its numbers. Consider
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#23
Actually I blame Rahm Emmanuel (Obama's first Chief of Staff) as much as
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#19
The economy now is doing exactly what Krugman and Stiglitz predicted would
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#25
It was the BLUE DOGS in Congress who pressed the president to reduce the stimulus, adding in tax cut
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2012
#75
Thank you for that refresher. I had forgotten Biden's interview. And
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#76
as long as Repubs nationwide are cutting state govt jobs, and Repub private employers concur
librechik
May 2012
#28
Good Point--Governors of both parties are driven to balance state budgets by mandate
librechik
May 2012
#35
yes indeed--as it turns out he would have lost nothing by treading a more liberal path
librechik
May 2012
#78
You're wrong about discouraged workers as well as why people left the labor force
mathematic
May 2012
#34