308,000 jobs? Bushit! 170,000 jobs for retail clerks & burger engineers

[TruthIsAll]

And the unemployment rate rose to 5.7%. The media wants Bush reselected at any cost. CNN and FOX lie about the Bush "resurgence" in the polls, lie about jobs, lie about BBV, lie about 9/11.

They lie about Clarke. They lie about everything.

Of the 308,000 "new" jobs:
20,000 returning California grocery workers idled from dispute
47,000 return of striking and locked-out workers
71,000 were EXISTING construction jobs for workers who were idled in February attributed to bad weather.

That's 138,000 jobs that were there in the first place.
There was no increase in manufacturing jobs. And most of the jobs were retail clerks and hamburger flippers paid $3.50-$7.00/hr below average wages..

We know the TRUTH. We get it on the Net.

http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=845117

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The Labor Department said non-farm payrolls climbed a steep 308,000 in March, the biggest gain since April 2000 and well above the 103,000 rise expected on Wall Street.

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The department said payrolls got a 10,000-to-20,000 boost as employees returned to work following a dispute at grocery stores in California that had idled 72,000 workers. The impact was muted because many of the returning employees displaced temporary hires.

The return of the striking and locked-out workers was reflected in a 47,000-job increase in the retail sector.

In addition, construction payrolls shot up by 71,000 in a bounce-back from a 21,000 decline in February attributed to bad weather.

Although some of the strength may prove fleeting, hiring was widespread across industries.

While a long-hoped-for rise in manufacturing employment did not materialize, the department said factory payrolls were unchanged last month, finally breaking a string of 43 consecutive monthly declines.

[imax2268]

1. Thank you Truth...

I knew they were full of shit...

[TruthIsAll]

18. A Kick for American computer professionals who can't find work.

TIA

[LittleApple81]

2. I knew it, I knew it. And I also knew I could count on you to clarify it.

THANKS!!

[pinto]

3. saw Wolfie today mention 70,000 "manufacturing" jobs, must be those

returning construction trades jobs...not exactly a lie, but a damn fine line spin from the WH.

Which the powers that be who count these things would have to say "new" jobs added, or "returning" jobs in the work force, etc....

[stepnw1f]

4. Thanks... Now how about the number of jobs lost?

Is that number already subtracted?

[PROGRESSIVE1]

5. Bushler is still 1.9 Million Jobs in the hole.

But remember, most of the jobs that * has "created" are low paying jobs.

[MikeG]

7. I got even more bad news for you, they want them low paying.

[stepnw1f]

8. Any idea of the number of jobs lost

last month?

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. finally breaking a string of 43 consecutive monthly declines.

FINALLY! we should be soooo relieved!


So, gaining nothing is so much better than losing something. Expect nothing and you won't ever be disappointed.

[Gloria]

9. This is how it was reported this AM here in MT zone--by ABC/Australia!!

Yup, woke up to ABC/Radio Australia and listened via shortwave and heard the news...They reported it EXACTLY this way and had an American financial analyst on doing it!!

I know I'd never get the details if I listend to my local bullcrap station...

[TruthIsAll]

10. This latest statistical scam will be anothe nail in his coffin.

TIA

[jimshoes]

17. This is really depressing :(

Has it come to the point where the only place one can hear the truth is via short wave radio? (and the www) Reminds me of the WWII resistance fighters.

[TruthIsAll]

11. Lies, damn lies and statistics.

TIA

[troublemaker]

12. and almost ALL part-time

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1337573

[leftwingnut]

13. way to stay on top of it!!

thanks for the info!

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

14. Does that mean next month's numbers will be back to normal?

I wonder

[Sparkly]

16. No

I suspect they'll quietly revise these numbers downward, maybe by discounting part-time jobs, to show another "gain" next month.

What was really awful was hearing * speechifying yesterday about community colleges and job training, as if there are employers desperate for skilled workers -- and naturally the vocational training he was talking about was all on the level of "healthcare"/emptying bedpans and "culinary"/cafeteria work.

[Redleg]

15. Muchas gracias. That helps explain those unbelievable numbers.

Thank you thank you.

[David Zephyr]

19. Burger Engineers! LOL!

Oh yeah!