/dev/null Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 http://news.investors.com/article/617233/201207060945/disability-climbs-faster-than-jobs-under-obama.htm Forward! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Forward! New heights of futility! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 So let me get this straight: 3.1 million people signed up for disability in the past three years, even though disability participation has only increased by 1.1 million over the same time period, and there's absolutely no comparison to disability participation over any other comparable period to tell us if this is unusual or not. And it's Obama's fault. Nice article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Some telling statements from the article.... The unemployment level has been above 8% for 41 consecutive months. To put that in perspective, in the previous 60 years, the unemployment rate topped 8% in a total of only 39 months. Get that?? In the previous 60 years, we have not totaled a more months of above 8% unemployment than during the current Obama "recovery"?? The median length of unemployment is 19.8 weeks. Throughout Obama's recovery, it has averaged 20.6 weeks. Prior to Obama, that number had had never exceeded 10.5 weeks. People are unemployed for twice as long during the Obama "recovery" than ever before.... "The recession was bad enough," said Sentier's Gordon Green, "but what's extraordinary is the even larger decline during this so-called economic recovery." That is in speaking of the decline in household income... There's more... the rise in food stamp, the rise in disability, the drop in work force participation... Heck of a "recovery" huh?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Obama's America.................... Unemployment 8.2% Broader Jobless Rate Ticks Up to 14.9%. Just 80,000 jobs added in June... One-third at temp agencies... 780,000 More Women Unemployed Today Than When Obama Took Office On a personal note, my daughter is presently in row 10, listening to our President speak in Pittsburgh..........She will call me with her impression. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 On a personal note, my daughter is presently in row 10, listening to our President speak in Pittsburgh..........She will call me with her impression. Your daughter does impressions? Does she tell jokes too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 http://news.investors.com/article/617233/201207060945/disability-climbs-faster-than-jobs-under-obama.htm Forward! The Irony is it probably makes it harder for people with legit disabilities.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Some telling statements from the article.... Get that?? In the previous 60 years, we have not totaled a more months of above 8% unemployment than during the current Obama "recovery"?? A Bills coach the put together 4 consecutive 5-11 seasons would be fired. At least I hope. No way anyone can spin it. Time to cut bait on a loser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Your daughter does impressions? Does she tell jokes too? Funny, I had no sooner entered that when I thought that I had left myself open with my wording. Prosecutor: Dr. Stone, would you give the court your impression of Mr. Striker? Dr. Stone: I'm sorry, I don't do impressions... my training is in psychiatry. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) So let me get this straight: 3.1 million people signed up for disability in the past three years, even though disability participation has only increased by 1.1 million over the same time period, and there's absolutely no comparison to disability participation over any other comparable period to tell us if this is unusual or not. And it's Obama's fault. Nice article. The article linked below seems to have a litle more info. It appears that in 1992 about 3% of the workforce was on Federal disability. When Obama took office it was about 5% of the workforce. Three years later about 6% of the workforce. So it took about 16 years from 1992 to 2008 to go up 2% while it took 3 years under Obama to go up 1%. So in reality it is increasing 250% or so faster under Obama as it did under Clinton and Bush. Without a year by year breakdown it's difficult to say anything more, or read anything definitive into it. http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/disability-payments-record-numbers/2012/07/02/id/444255 Edited July 6, 2012 by 3rdnlng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 This only stands to reason. With the workforce shrinking so rapidly as it has under the BO regime even if the number of disability claimants remained stable - the relative rate of those with disability claims would increase. Also, a little talked about facet of human nature that should be explored is that if people are afraid of losing their jobs and they're covered with disability insurance - they just might get sick/hurt/injured enough to make a claim - thereby postponing their layoff and extending their cash flow in a period when they won't be earning a paycheck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Which article or which source ? it really is not the point. More people went on disability than got a job in June thats the point. . The economy created just 80,000 jobs in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. But that same month, 85,000 workers left the workforce entirely to enroll in the Social Security Disability Insurance program, according to the Social Security Administration. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Which article or which source ? it really is not the point. More people went on disability than got a job in June thats the point. . . Anyway you look at it the economy sucks. We were supposed to be in a recovery, but the only reason the unemployment level isn't several points higher is because people have given up looking for work. Some of those people are the ones that have gone on disability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 And a lot of people who are employed are under-employed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 The funniest thing today was watching the WH release a statement that, in part, urged people “not to read too much into” the monthly jobs report. They explain that you can't really see the whole picture if you focus on just one report. That's a sentiment that people should get behind, but..y'know...it also depends how many times they're asked to accept that answer. How about 30 times? Man, when people like me say the Obama administration is out of ideas, we're not kidding. (Yes, I know why this happened...but it's still ridiculously embarrassing.) Today, the Obama Administration told Americans “not to read too much into” monthly jobs reports. As it turns out, they’ve been encouraging Americans to do that for years. But after 41 straight months of unemployment over 8%, you don’t have to read between the lines to see the truth. President Obama’s policies have failed to get America working again. June 2012: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report and it is informative to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/07/06/employment-situation-june) May 2012: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report and it is helpful to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/06/01/employment-situation-may) April 2012: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report and it is helpful to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/05/04/employment-situation-april) March 2012: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, and it is helpful to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/04/06/employment-situation-march) February 2012: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report; nevertheless, the trend in job market indicators over recent months is an encouraging sign.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/03/09/employment-situation-february) January 2012: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report; nevertheless, the trend in job market indicators over recent months is an encouraging sign.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/02/03/employment-situation-january) December 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/06/employment-situation-december) November 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/12/02/employment-situation-november) October 2011: “The monthly employment and unemployment numbers are volatile and employment estimates are subject to substantial revision. There is no better example than August’s jobs figure, which was initially reported at zero and in the latest revision increased to 104,000. This illustrates why the Administration always stresses it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/11/04/employment-situation-october) September 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/10/07/employment-situation-september) August 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/02/employment-situation-august) July 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/08/05/employment-situation-july) June 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/07/08/employment-situation-june) May 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/03/employment-situation-may) April 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/05/06/employment-situation-april) March 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/01/employment-situation-march) February 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/03/04/employment-situation-february) January 2011: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/04/employment-situation-january) December 2010: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/01/07/employment-situation-december) November 2010: “Therefore, as the Administration always stresses, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/12/03/employment-situation-november) October 2010: “Given the volatility in monthly employment and unemployment data, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/11/05/employment-situation-october) September 2010: “Given the volatility in the monthly employment and unemployment data, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/10/08/employment-situation-september) July 2010: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative. It is essential that we continue our efforts to move in the right direction and replace job losses with robust job gains.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/06/employment-situation-july) August 2010: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/09/03/employment-situation-august) June 2010: “As always, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/02/employment-situation-june) May 2010: “As always, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/04/employment-situation-may) April 2010: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/05/07/employment-situation-april) March 2010: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/04/02/employment-situation-march) January 2010: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/05/employment-situation-january) November 2009: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/12/04/employment-situation-november) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 The funniest thing today was watching the WH release a statement that, in part, urged people “not to read too much into” the monthly jobs report. They explain that you can't really see the whole picture if you focus on just one report. That's a sentiment that people should get behind, but..y'know...it also depends how many times they're asked to accept that answer. How about 30 times? Man, when people like me say the Obama administration is out of ideas, we're not kidding. (Yes, I know why this happened...but it's still ridiculously embarrassing.) Romney or one of the Super Pacs need to use that in the campaign. They don't even care enough to change the words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Romney or one of the Super Pacs need to use that in the campaign. They don't even care enough to change the words. They're too busy punching above their weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 The funniest thing today was watching the WH release a statement that, in part, urged people “not to read too much into” the monthly jobs report. They explain that you can't really see the whole picture if you focus on just one report. That's a sentiment that people should get behind, but..y'know...it also depends how many times they're asked to accept that answer. How about 30 times? Man, when people like me say the Obama administration is out of ideas, we're not kidding. (Yes, I know why this happened...but it's still ridiculously embarrassing.) Holy Shlits!!! Let's add another to this thread.. A new report by Tim Kane of the Hudson Institute. Short and to the point, discussing the E-Pop, which is the employed to population ratio, and comparing it to past recessions. Good Read... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 http://news.investors.com/article/617233/201207060945/disability-climbs-faster-than-jobs-under-obama.htm Forward! Romney the flip flopper will change that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Romney the flip flopper will change that! So just to be clear; when Romney changes his position, he's a flip-flopper, but when Obama changes his position, he's evolving. Got it. You know, he sure evolves a lot for a guy who has lead 41 straight months of 8 +% unemployment. I can't wait until he evolves the last few months so he can keep his promise of cutting the defiicit in half at the end of his first term. Or evolving toward being the ONLY one who fights for women, unless, of course, he's fighting for them to get work now that we found out that over 780,000 women have lost their job in the "evolving" Obama economy. On the upside, he did create 80,000 jobs this month. I mean, yeah, over a third of them are temp jobs, but still...we're evolving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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