Latest Breaking News

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

62. How many of those ...

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Reply #46)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 02:35 PM

Sep 2012

Retired?

(I know at my employer, over the last year, 89% of those separating - 72 people - did.)

How many of those are (recent) high-school graduates that opted for advanced education full-time?

(I know at my daughter's school, they had a graduation class of 1,100 - 97% left for college, full-time, in August.)

I significant portion of that LMPR number is NOT unemployed, discouraged workers.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

102 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

US economy creates 96,000 jobs but figure disappoints [View all] Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 OP

Boom! Stuckinthebush Sep 2012 #1

Goes the dynamite! Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #7

How is that better??? The Labor Force Participation Rate is 63.5! Lowest since 1981! Roland99 Sep 2012 #28

The optics of 8.1%, a drop of .2%, is better than an uptick at this Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #29

As a soundbite headline it might be good but it's *horrible* news in reality Roland99 Sep 2012 #32

Agreed, but at this critical juncture, optics are everything. Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #34

You know what? I don't give a rat's ass about optics. I want the people that I SlimJimmy Sep 2012 #49

I'm with you glacierbay Sep 2012 #61

Not good, no, but sure as hell better than a percentage Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #86

But, unless PBO can get re-elected, ain't nobody Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #85

You're not living in reality. A sound bite isn't going to get the President re-elected. People SlimJimmy Sep 2012 #95

And do you seriously think that's going to happen between now and Nov. 6th? Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #99

Cf.: Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #94

Yes, the IMPORTANT thing is what we can make people believe, hughee99 Sep 2012 #66

cf.: Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #100

I am more interested in truth than optics. n/t totodeinhere Sep 2012 #74

As am I, and most Dems, in the final analysis... Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #89

What a bunch of naysayers. Uneployment dropped from 8.3 to 8.1! Can't find any thing good in demosincebirth Sep 2012 #41

The people in the labor force knows whether they are participating or not. former9thward Sep 2012 #45

Oh, so, since 90% of the people don't know what the LFPR is then that's a good thing? Roland99 Sep 2012 #69

I did not say that. demosincebirth Sep 2012 #83

That's certainly what you meant to say or at least imply Roland99 Sep 2012 #87

What I meant to say is what I said, not what you think I said or implied. eom demosincebirth Sep 2012 #102

In an election cycle? Optics, optics, optics! Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #90

Why ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #58

And no one is graduating schools and entering the work force while those people retire, eh? Roland99 Sep 2012 #70

Come on ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #79

Tell it, 1StrongBlackMan! This "bulge" was forecast Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #91

The 300,000 a month that are retiring does not cover the nearly 60,000 deficit this month SlimJimmy Sep 2012 #97

Not better... Unemployment is still over 8% for over 42 months now... :( liberallibral Sep 2012 #37

Not better? I would say any drop in the unemployment rate better demosincebirth Sep 2012 #42

The reason the unemployment rate declined by .2% is that about coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #46

Exactly. And don't think for a minute that the Romney campaign won't point that SlimJimmy Sep 2012 #50

I think Obama is pretty much innoculated from it, b/c the 2010 coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #51

Agree. And they better start hitting that point hard. SlimJimmy Sep 2012 #53

Obama needs someone who can negotiate with congress or he has to improve this skill and fast. dkf Sep 2012 #56

Funny ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #64

No...they had agreed on a target of tax increases and Obama increased that amount. dkf Sep 2012 #67

I guess it depend ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #75

Thanks for your rational refutation of dkf's Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #98

Most voters look at the .2% drop. nt. demosincebirth Sep 2012 #60

Yeah, but it's meaningless and does not signify that the coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #72

How many of those ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #62

"LMPR" - I don't recognize that acronym. Aside from that, I'm going to have coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #71

I think some of the drop in the labor force Mr.Bill Sep 2012 #77

Did Joe the Intern Killer say that? Setsuna1972 Sep 2012 #2

It was unanimous, but Joe chimed in! Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #5

The round table was unanimous, with Joe Scar joining in! Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #31

Bloomberg is sure throwing cold water on it. still_one Sep 2012 #3

General gist of the negative spin? Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #6

Not all great jobs. But jobs. geckosfeet Sep 2012 #17

"Never look a gift horse in the mouth"--old wives' wisdom Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #23

Notice the moving goalposts? ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #65

Not just Bloomberg dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #24

Can't wait to hear them spin how bad this is nobodyspecial Sep 2012 #4

It's bad enough that people expect the Fed to move. dkf Sep 2012 #59

It would be much lower if the republicans had not been trying to "tank the economy" ..... Botany Sep 2012 #8

Like Gov. O'Malley (D-MD) just said on Joe Scar, when the studio audience cheered at the news: Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #9

And if those public workers still had jobs their spending would have created even ... Botany Sep 2012 #14

Thanks for the reminder, Botany. This is so damning that it's Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #21

Down 2.1% from a high of 10.2% JoePhilly Sep 2012 #10

Yeeeeesssssss! Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #13

Wow Robbins Sep 2012 #11

Just the good news to kick off the 60 day campaign ahead... Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #12

Yep - breaking 8 is the threashold Cosmocat Sep 2012 #38

Yeah, different. jtuck004 Sep 2012 #57

K&R nt avebury Sep 2012 #15

Trend chart Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #16

Thanks for the graphic illustration! Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #19

Would make a nice bumper sticker with five more green bars representing 30 months growth. julian09 Sep 2012 #39

And I am one of the newly employed treehuggnlibrul Sep 2012 #18

Wow, tree, this brought tears to my eyes... Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #20

Sweet. Welcome back into the labor force. SlimJimmy Sep 2012 #54

I have a hard time cheering a lowered rate when its because a lot of people gave up looking for work cigsandcoffee Sep 2012 #22

It's the positive optics we're cheering. Coming out of Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #27

Why are people not angry? oliverrams1 Sep 2012 #63

Now, there's an idea...put the Big Dawg out there on the Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #96

Peeps - that's only 1,920 jobs per state BP2 Sep 2012 #25

At this crucial juncture in the campaign, even this tiny drop is welcome. Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #26

Really? Chuck "Buzzkill" Todd says it dragged him down. nolabear Sep 2012 #30

Toady Todd is a two-faced, forked tongued panderer. Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #33

Pushing Congress Again mojo2012 Sep 2012 #35

The video clip in Botany's post up-thread needs Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #36

+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - Well put and definitely coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #47

The media is spinning it like it's a TERRIBLE report. Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #40

Have you been reading THIS thread? 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #68

I'm really starting to believe ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #88

This is NOT good news!! center rising Sep 2012 #43

Correct glacierbay Sep 2012 #48

Demographic bulge coming into the equation... Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #92

Cf.: Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #93

Bad News is the new Good News slackmaster Sep 2012 #44

If this were good news then Romney would not be so giddy this morning budkin Sep 2012 #52

Did you find him "giddy"? I thought he was just his Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #82

When discussing the ...y 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #55

Excellent point, 1SBM! I was going to bring this up earlier, but then forgot... Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #80

Only 96K jobs added in August... Labor force participation rated lowest in decades... totodeinhere Sep 2012 #73

1StrongBlack Man makes an excellent point upthread. Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #84

Good for Obama abelenkpe Sep 2012 #76

What you said! Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #81

who cares if job quantity increases.... Green_Lantern Sep 2012 #78

Please use the article title as the subject line and credit the correct source per LBN rules. Rhiannon12866 Sep 2012 #101