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22. One major cause of the unemployment crisis: ongoing cuts at the state and local level.
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 11:38 AM
Jul 2012

Over 100,000 teachers have been laid off in the last year. And the red state governors have been all about that.


http://www.businessinsider.com/over-100000-local-teaching-jobs-have-been-lost-in-the-last-year-2012-7

NOT a good # :-( n/t Inuca Jul 2012 #1
not good at all... n/t IamK Jul 2012 #2
Revisions of previous 2 months are mixed Inuca Jul 2012 #3
What friggin' cracks me up SoFlaJet Jul 2012 #13
120,000 non-farm payroll jobs a month need to be created just to keep pace with population growth stockholmer Jul 2012 #35
Some people remember more than 4 years ago. Igel Jul 2012 #42
Corporate hucksters sitting on 2 trillion BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #4
Courtesy of a do nothing Congress! nt Firebrand Gary Jul 2012 #5
plus NAFTA, repeal of Glass-Stegall, & the Commodities Futures Modernization Act of 2000 all coming stockholmer Jul 2012 #11
If Clinton hadn't "gone Republican" maybe those acts would not have past, amandabeech Jul 2012 #33
Bill Clinton didn't "go republican" that's who he is. A governor of a failed small southern state Citizen Worker Jul 2012 #40
"Failed small southern state" totally sums up Arkansas and several other deep south byeya Jul 2012 #56
According to Lori Wallach the repeal of Glass-Steagall is enshrined in the WTO Agreement, which was Citizen Worker Jul 2012 #39
Obama in 2009: If I can’t fix the economy in three years, you can call me former President Obama Huey P. Long Jul 2012 #26
It's a good thing he has fixed the economy then! We are well on our way! Firebrand Gary Jul 2012 #36
the private sector is doing fine! BT021 Jul 2012 #59
Even with this rotten RePUKE House of Reps we are STILL seeing GROWTH. RBInMaine Jul 2012 #34
Early in the article, you refer to no President with over 7.2 getting re-elected karynnj Jul 2012 #6
That came from the WSJ. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2012 #7
Actually if you google article titles alp227 Jul 2012 #15
Sorry - I was not intending to attack you - just to counter a meme that is harmful karynnj Jul 2012 #41
No problem. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2012 #45
And it's inaccurate regarding FDR's reelection in 1936 when the rate was 16.9% 24601 Jul 2012 #51
Private payrolls miss even worse 84K on consensus of 106K, yet these numbers will not allow the Fed stockholmer Jul 2012 #8
August will change the number, as students return to school demwing Jul 2012 #16
the thing is, that is all taken into account by seasonal adjustments and the street's consensus stockholmer Jul 2012 #17
Sure, expectation will be higher demwing Jul 2012 #18
Why are all of the countries in the EU failing? Mayflower1 Jul 2012 #24
Not all (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, etc are ok- for now) but many. In a nutshell here's some reasons: stockholmer Jul 2012 #27
But bipartisan austerity seemed to be working so well MannyGoldstein Jul 2012 #9
The Repub argument is that Mayflower1 Jul 2012 #29
The data show the opposite MannyGoldstein Jul 2012 #43
How is it the ADP said 175,000 jobs were added in the private sector in June? Why so far off? flpoljunkie Jul 2012 #10
because the models that the BLS uses are extremely flawed, but at least take cheer that most of the stockholmer Jul 2012 #12
You didn't actually respond to the post pinqy Jul 2012 #20
BLS and other models, the changes, and some issues stockholmer Jul 2012 #30
Interesting Tactic pinqy Jul 2012 #38
Because ADP's number doesn't mean squat on a national level. Roland99 Jul 2012 #14
Different Statistical Universe pinqy Jul 2012 #19
PUBLIC SECTOR! Cosmocat Jul 2012 #31
Looks like republicans want to put a different spin on this one Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #21
One major cause of the unemployment crisis: ongoing cuts at the state and local level. SunSeeker Jul 2012 #22
Live in Pa - I have been posting this today Cosmocat Jul 2012 #32
TX did this last year. Igel Jul 2012 #44
Oh, boy......... Beacool Jul 2012 #23
Disability Ranks Outpace New Jobs In Obama Recovery TouchOfGray Jul 2012 #25
I noticed you defended Romney in the Bain thread Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #47
Looks like you are citing a right wing source Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #48
So you are saying that TouchOfGray Jul 2012 #49
This is the latest RW meme. Bill O'Reilly ranted about it on his show last night. SunSeeker Jul 2012 #52
Yes that the new theme of the RW Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #53
Which makes this the 28th consecutive month of job INCREASES ... SomeGuyInEagan Jul 2012 #28
It takes 125,000 new jobs/mo just to break even with rising population. Psephos Jul 2012 #46
Right. Down steeply '08 to '10, but increasing steadily for more than two years to make up half SomeGuyInEagan Jul 2012 #54
We are barely treading water, and way below the numbers in January 2009. Psephos Jul 2012 #58
I don't deny the numbers. But why go backward? SomeGuyInEagan Jul 2012 #60
Well, I can agree with that. Forward is the only way out. Psephos Jul 2012 #61
Yeah, we're on the same page. And I definitely agree with you ... SomeGuyInEagan Jul 2012 #62
Not good. emilyg Jul 2012 #37
Job growth has sucked for more than a decade now high density Jul 2012 #50
Wages and job growth..... Cronkite Jul 2012 #55
The fact that jobs can be added or lost without affecting the unemployment figures 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #57
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