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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 06:52 AM Original message |
Huge Job Losses Set Off Recession Alarms |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Huge job losses set off recession alarms |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The Republican War Recession. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The US economy is just following the typical downturn when "free market" or neoliberal |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Welcome to the republicon homelander depression |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. "jobless rate" |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yes - a sensible analysis take the feds raw numbers and multiplies by 10. |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't think the real unemplyoment rate is 51% but |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Raw numbers - not the percentage. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. ummm, |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Exactly, the true unemployment rate is closer to 10%. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. sorry, this is a popular myth but it is not correct |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. interesting |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. yes. also, i'm not saying the figures are perfect. |
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corporatemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Also, feds count as "employed" anyone working 16 + hours per week... |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. Ok, rant on. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Oh, Finny, you nailed it. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Read "The Long Emergency" |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Ditto, good analysis of what's coming |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Here's an excerpt from Rolling Stone: |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Government Works Projects, Anyone? |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. As long as China is willing to give us the money to do it with..... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. Employers chopped 80,000 jobs last month |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. This is only the tip of the iceberg. n/t |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. We have had several thousand cut |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. The bush depression. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. Expect it to get worse |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. If we are to blame anyone...its THEM GOOPers...the REPUBLICAN PARTY |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Where's my copy of "The Leadership Genius of George W. Bush"? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. Okay, so how bad is it REALLY? Because we know they're not telling the whole truth. |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Me too. This "downturn" will end up as the next Great Depression. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Remember who caused the last Great Depression? |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. i don't know what to make of the market. |
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