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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:25 PM Original message |
Why the job market is worse than you think |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. So why don't they just find some way of offering us real numbers? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. The Bush admin killed off the agency/program that kept track of people |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. If I didn't want to work, |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. "Wouldn't Be Prudent!" ---"Poppy" Bush |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Voodoo math man |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. They also don't include the McJobs. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Ah yes, the underemployment factor. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Job qualifications |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think we've been saying that for about 6 years. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. 5%= 10%. |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. By my quick and rough estimate . . . |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ha...maybe 5% in the BEST job markets. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Those areas have been in a depression for quite some time now. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. You're counted as employed if you worked for pay ONE HOUR a week |
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Ookie (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. They also don't count those of us who are underemployed |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. They're not counting people like me either |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. TAKE NOTICE PEOPLE, the reason the rethugs DIDN'T want to extend the unemployment benefits is that |
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