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totodeinhere

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25. Is it really rooting for failure. Or is it merely telling the truth?
Fri May 4, 2012, 09:18 PM
May 2012
While the U.S. unemployment rate in April was the lowest it's been in more than three years, the unemployed may simply be falling off the government's radar as they give up looking for work.

Meanwhile, job growth has slowed sharply after a fast start to the year, suggesting another bump in what has been an agonizingly long road to recovery for the job market.

I don't see any way to put a positive spin on this news. Just because we happen to have a Democrat in the White House doesn't mean that we should hide from bad news. Does that mean that Romney could do any better? Of course not, but that's not the point.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/unemployment-rate-april-jobs_n_1477014.html
du rec. nt xchrom May 2012 #1
whats up brother, and thanks for the report jschurchin May 2012 #2
Every month you misinterpret this data mathematic May 2012 #6
They "don't want" them. sendero May 2012 #8
Another unsupported interpretation mathematic May 2012 #12
You are quite.. sendero May 2012 #16
It's not that they don't "want" to work. Beacool May 2012 #20
Woohoo - Fewer people want jobs that don't exist - we're on a roll jtuck004 May 2012 #22
I'm glad we're moving past the "more and more people are jobless and want to work" fiction mathematic May 2012 #23
Not we. There are over 50 million people who would move back into the workforce tomorrow jtuck004 May 2012 #27
+1 Psephos May 2012 #11
When your bubble population generation is now hitting their mid 60s dmallind May 2012 #13
That only accounts for about 33 million of the 86 million invisible unemployed jtuck004 May 2012 #21
Obama 2012.1 jpak May 2012 #17
The last two months numbers were revised upwards. 'Morning Joe' did not mention that, of course. flpoljunkie May 2012 #3
Thanks for that stat! BumRushDaShow May 2012 #4
No! Hiring figures are ALWAYS revised down. I read it on DU.... dmallind May 2012 #10
I guess it's better than going the other direction. nt Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2012 #5
Easy to identify DU's fatalists. JNelson6563 May 2012 #7
The only joke about the Gallup report is people who misinterpreted it dmallind May 2012 #9
GOPers have worked hard josey12 May 2012 #14
Our returning Iraq & Afghanistan veterans josey12 May 2012 #15
Not That Good DallasNE May 2012 #18
Discouraging news. Beacool May 2012 #19
It's clear that some people in this thread are rooting for failure. So transparent and sad! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2012 #24
Is it really rooting for failure. Or is it merely telling the truth? totodeinhere May 2012 #25
You made a good point. My post was not about EVERYONE! Just the attitudes of some who we all know Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2012 #26
Of Course... dennis4868 May 2012 #29
March saw one of the most massive tornado/storm/hail outbreaks in history. progressivebydesign May 2012 #28
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