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IronLionZion

(45,534 posts)
29. It was over a million
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 11:29 AM
Jul 2014

across many local and state jobs. It gets really scary if you include contractors.

I'm sure somebody will arrive soon to tell us how terrible this is alcibiades_mystery Jul 2014 #1
a loss of 523K full time jobs ... quadrature Jul 2014 #48
Getting there BumRushDaShow Jul 2014 #2
Yeah, he did a good post. It's in 'Economy' forum now: Hissyspit Jul 2014 #3
Them's the rules. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2014 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Sam1 Jul 2014 #19
Cool and thank YOU too BumRushDaShow Jul 2014 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2014 #7
The dog ate my homework. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2014 #9
As someone who used to work with wire services at radio stations Hissyspit Jul 2014 #12
LOL BumRushDaShow Jul 2014 #32
Now imagine if the Republicans hadn't cut over 600,000 public jobs... toddwv Jul 2014 #4
It was over a million IronLionZion Jul 2014 #29
True Republican malfeasance to block infrastructure spending when cost of borrowing at all time low! flpoljunkie Jul 2014 #5
So much for the Obamacare job-killing effect. (n/t) thesquanderer Jul 2014 #6
Damn you, "Worst President Since WWII" tridim Jul 2014 #8
That poll is so fucking stupid. Hissyspit Jul 2014 #10
Arguments could be made for Reagan and Nixon too. IronLionZion Jul 2014 #33
See the liberal media is trying to distract us from Benghazi again! IronLionZion Jul 2014 #13
With graduation new people are entering the job market faster than new jobs, rickyhall Jul 2014 #14
Well, my nephew just graduated leftynyc Jul 2014 #16
Amazing. One party stopped demanding austerity, MannyGoldstein Jul 2014 #15
The 1st Quarter Slump Was Due To DallasNE Jul 2014 #17
Meanwhile at Fox News, their website is completely silent as their propagandists pour through Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #18
Thank you, President Obama! Jimbo S Jul 2014 #20
Worst President for a long time nolabels Jul 2014 #22
Obama is cooking the books Dopers_Greed Jul 2014 #21
Yeah! Ignore all those folks who... TygrBright Jul 2014 #23
Oh for fuck sake, get off your cross already. phleshdef Jul 2014 #25
Wow, that was ugly. nt abelenkpe Jul 2014 #30
It was intended to be. phleshdef Jul 2014 #31
Stupid and rude usually come in the same package. Psephos Jul 2014 #40
no one is ignoring people who are still down on their luck phleshdef Jul 2014 #41
Boomers are retiring. joshcryer Jul 2014 #43
The workforce numbers do not lie. And they come from BLS itself. n/t Psephos Jul 2014 #44
The only relevant number is those who want work but can't. joshcryer Jul 2014 #45
How many of the 32% who are unemployed want a job? Psephos Jul 2014 #46
Certainly not the disabled, stay at home parents. joshcryer Jul 2014 #47
Ignore all that - you're 840high Jul 2014 #27
Unemployment numbers have never counted those folks abelenkpe Jul 2014 #34
Those folks are precisely why many are celebrating. DCBob Jul 2014 #36
That's an interesting connection. I'm not seeing it, though. TygrBright Jul 2014 #37
I think we are seeing better "long term trends".. just very very slow. DCBob Jul 2014 #38
I guess Congress must be doing a decent job? Orsino Jul 2014 #24
Worst...President...EVER!! TwilightGardener Jul 2014 #26
My only question is navarth Jul 2014 #28
They divided the burger flippers job into two nolabels Jul 2014 #42
I am surprised the numbers are out today. Don't they usually come out the first Friday of the month? StevieM Jul 2014 #39
It's a corporate socialist conspiracy IronLionZion Jul 2014 #49
ROFL alcibiades_mystery Jul 2014 #50
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