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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