Author Topic: Employment stats, then and now (Read 615 times)

Sabre · « **on:** December 09, 2003, 05:21:51 PM »

Interesting comparison of the job market in Jan 2001 and Nov 2003

http://ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/History/empsit.02022001.news
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

The interesting thing is, according to this, it appears there are more jobs today than when President Bush took over from former President Clinton. There also appears to be almost seven million more people in the job market, which may account for much of the increase in the rate of unemployment. In the same manner that Democrats in Congress called the Republican-driven reduction in the growth of certain government entitlements “cuts,” perhaps the 1.5 million (or 2.3, or 4.9, etc) “jobs lost” under President Bush are really a case of people entering the job market faster than new jobs are being created. Perhaps I’m reading this data wrong.

Gadfly · « **Reply #1 on:** December 09, 2003, 05:45:26 PM »

Bush had as much to do with it as Clinton, i.e. NONE.

Pongo · « **Reply #2 on:** December 09, 2003, 05:50:40 PM »

The department of homland security would account for most of those jobs. VA hospital increases would like get the rest.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 09, 2003, 05:54:05 PM »

DETH TO GREAT SHAITAN BOOSH!!!

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #4 on:** December 09, 2003, 06:04:21 PM »

Man you are one stupid individual Funked. You'd think you folks would already have invented better counter-arguments than that.

DETH TEW GREET STOOPIDDITYYY!

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 09, 2003, 06:43:55 PM »

It's called sarcasm. You would understand it if your english was better, but alas you are from I'm-too-much-of-a-*****-to-admit-which-worthless-****hole-I-am-from-istan, and have little chance of comprehending my superior wit without intensive language training.

lord dolf vader · « **Reply #6 on:** December 09, 2003, 08:19:07 PM »

yea hes just a corrupt drunk cokehead deserter.

real big difference. really

_Schadenfreude_ · « **Reply #7 on:** December 10, 2003, 07:53:00 AM »

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Originally posted by lord dolf vader
yea hes just a corrupt drunk cokehead deserter.

real big difference. really

um which President are we talking about now? Us foreigners have a little difficulty keeping track...

Ripsnort · « **Reply #8 on:** December 10, 2003, 09:35:29 AM »

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Originally posted by Pongo
The department of homland security would account for most of those jobs. VA hospital increases would like get the rest.

Can you give us a link to your "source"? or is this strictly opinion?

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #9 on:** December 10, 2003, 10:00:01 AM »

"and have little chance of comprehending my superior wit without intensive language training."

How many languages do you master tardling? As what goes with understanding sarcasm, the definition hardly is to repeat one sentence each time you disagree with something. You're not being sarcastic but repititive and dull. Superior wit

Can't blame you for not having good humour though.

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 10, 2003, 10:29:55 AM »

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 10, 2003, 12:13:40 PM »

Repetitive are the nattering nabobs of negativity who try to turn every bit of good news into doom for America. It gets a little old.

kappa · « **Reply #12 on:** December 10, 2003, 12:22:07 PM »

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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Repetitive are the nattering nabobs of negativity who try to turn every bit of good news into doom for America. It gets a little old.

And the other way around, perhaps better natured, is any better??

I mean, how far can you really take the argument that jobs have not been lost in america?? All the talk of layoffs and the like are just from liberal media??

How is it different from Clinton bashing?? Taking good things, apply spin, and now they are bad things...

k
AoM

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #13 on:** December 10, 2003, 12:29:52 PM »

I think all of you are frikken annoying. The only one who can take the moral high ground here is me because Im right and youre dumb.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 10, 2003, 12:31:25 PM »

Kappa

I'm not saying I'm any better. Nabobs are being repetitive, I'm being repetitive right back, just to be an ass. It may not be the most elegant form of debate, but it beats going ad hominem like Siaf and his ilk.

As far as Sabre's information on jobs, if you want to refute it, address the information he posted.

I don't know what Clinton has to do with this.

Just say no.