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31. That's just stupid"

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 01:52 AM

Oct 2019

"As wealth has become more concentrated and intergenerational wealth less taxed, there are more people living the trust-fund lifestyle than in the past."

That makes no sense at at all. If wealth is becoming more concentrated, that would then mean less people are able to live "the trust-fund lifestyle."

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U.S. economy added just 136,000 jobs in September, in fresh sign economy is cooling [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 OP

In a word: Meh DrToast Oct 2019 #1

Was looking for an found a mention of any revisions of previous months BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #2

According to BLS, only 1000 were hired for the census OnlinePoker Oct 2019 #3

Good catch DrToast Oct 2019 #6

WH statement. Read it quickly, as they mistakenly included charts that go back to 1990 and 1992. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2019 #4

Good morning and LOL! BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #5

Silicon Valley people would say the economy is shrinking, not cooling. Big difference, imo. ancianita Oct 2019 #7

Full employment leads to low jobs numbers mathematic Oct 2019 #8

Richard Wolff & I disagree with ya me_not_you Oct 2019 #30

Prime age LFPR (age 25-54) is below the pre-Great Recession levels, back to 1987 progree Oct 2019 #9

Yeah, that's me and it's still a good thing mathematic Oct 2019 #11

Why do people want to work less now than they used to? Something other than the progree Oct 2019 #12

It's not a data problem mathematic Oct 2019 #18

It's not a data problem? progree Oct 2019 #20

Yes, I can google Yellen mathematic Oct 2019 #22

Good. progree Oct 2019 #24

Throw in the part-timers who want full-time work, and it's 6.9% (U-6) progree Oct 2019 #25

Those extra years in school are not really voluntary for most, it's what's needed to earn progree Oct 2019 #26

Going to school is voluntary mathematic Oct 2019 #35

"You may not like the choice they made ..." progree Oct 2019 #38

"More families are opting into staying at home to raise children" Really? progree Oct 2019 #27

"Really?" Are you asking if I typed that? mathematic Oct 2019 #33

I don't believe there are more adults voluntarily staying at home with their children progree Oct 2019 #40

That's just stupid" me_not_you Oct 2019 #31

Here's how it could work mathematic Oct 2019 #36

Imagine there's no heaven, Imagine all the people, Imagine there's no countries me_not_you Oct 2019 #37

Unemployment rate declines to 3.5% in September; payroll employment increases by 136,000 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2019 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author progree Oct 2019 #13

That reminds me. I'm out of potato salad. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2019 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author mathematic Oct 2019 #19

Actually I was thinking of Trump admin bragging about the low unemployment rate and how fantastic progree Oct 2019 #21

Ok, no prob. I did the same mathematic Oct 2019 #23

lol me_not_you Oct 2019 #32

The mind-numbing rant, based on a version posted on the first Friday in September 2016: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2019 #15

Thanks for getting your info in today! TGIF BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #16

I'm taking some old stuff that doesn't fit anymore to the thrift store. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2019 #17

OMFG, look at this -- the long-term unemployed as a percent of the unemployed progree Oct 2019 #28

Using the # of unemployed in that measure distorts it mathematic Oct 2019 #34

"then using the # of unemployed as the denominator will naturally show your measure to be increasing progree Oct 2019 #39

Yeah, I took a shortcut in that explanation mathematic Oct 2019 #41

Easy times to get jobs - almost always it's easy to find crap jobs progree Oct 2019 #42

Kick ck4829 Oct 2019 #29

Links to earlier reports: mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2019 #43