Dave_In_Norfolk Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 The jobs that are not there now have nothing to do with the private sector not being healthy, or unspecified red tape holding back private industry, its simply that the Republicans have got what they wanted, smaller government, and now they are crying about it. Go figure Since the beginning of his term, state and local governments have shed 611,000 employees — including 196,000 educators — according to government statistics. Unlike the recovery in private-sector employment that Obama and his reelection campaign often cite — with businesses adding 4 million jobs since hiring hit its low point in 2010 — the jobs crisis at the state and local level has continued throughout his term. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/threat-from-mounting-public-job-losses-tested-obamas-economic-strategy/2012/04/29/gIQAhJpMqT_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Something I've always wondered. What flavour is the Kool-Aid®? Grape? Cherry? Fruit Punch? Or are the Proles allowed to chose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 The jobs that are not there now have nothing to do with the private sector not being healthy, or unspecified red tape holding back private industry, its simply that the Republicans have got what they wanted, smaller government, and now they are crying about it. Go figure Can someone track down the Schoolhouse Rock video that helps Dave understand the differences between local, state and federal governments. Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 The US unemployment rate dropped 1/10th of a point in the month of April because 340,000 unemployed Americans stopped looking for jobs that aren't there. I'd love to hear an Obama voter explain their feelings on that ignominious fact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 The jobs that are not there now have nothing to do with the private sector not being healthy, or unspecified red tape holding back private industry, its simply that the Republicans have got what they wanted, smaller government, and now they are crying about it. Go figure http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/threat-from-mounting-public-job-losses-tested-obamas-economic-strategy/2012/04/29/gIQAhJpMqT_story.html And that's exactly the way the Obama Administration wants it: the end of federalism, with more authority vested at the national level and less at the state level. So what the hell are you whining about, exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldTraveller Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Actually those government job losses are from the local state and local government levels. If you truly are interested in seeking blame for those losses then look no further than the powerful public sector unions and the political whores who pander to them in order to get campaign re election funds. The back room deals they made included unfounded pensions, over bloated salaries, protectionist attitudes for incompetent teachers based on an unsustainable tax revenue models that was inevitably burst, and this was at the expense of higher tax revenues and our children's education . Then when the bubble burst, these same politicians who undoubtedly were corrupt, now are complaining about austerity when it was there corruptnbackroom deals that led to the firings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Washington Post The incredible shrinking labor force If the same percentage of adults were in the workforce today as when Barack Obama took office, the unemployment rate would be 11.1 percent. If the percentage was where it was when George W. Bush took office, the unemployment rate would be 13.1 percent. That helps explain a seeming contradiction in the unemployment numbers — the rate keeps dropping even though job creation has been soft. In April, the U.S. economy added a mere 115,000 jobs, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. In a normal month, that would not even be enough to keep up with new entrants into the labor market. But in this economy, it was enough to drive unemployment from 8.2 percent down to 8.1 percent, the lowest point since January 2009. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Washington Post . The Daily Pravada email that DiN gets from MSDNBC must have forgotten to mention that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldTraveller Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Washington Post . If you go on to read that article, which I'm sure you did, you'd see that the main reason we are seeing this is due mainly to structural issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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