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bobabode 03-05-2016 03:13 PM

'Americans Are Finally Returning To The Workforce'
 
"It’s happening. The improving job market is drawing Americans back into the labor force.

The U.S. labor force grew by 555,000 people in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. It was the biggest one-month increase in more than a year and, more importantly, was the fifth straight increase, the longest such streak since the recession began more than eight years ago. The labor force participation rate — the share of the adult population that’s either working or actively looking for work — rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 62.9 percent, its highest level in over a year."
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/march-jobs-report/

This on top of 65 straight months of positive private sector job growth and a 4.9 unemployment rate exposes the lie that the "Obama-conomy' is a failure.

Tom Joad 03-05-2016 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by bobabode (Post 304887)
"It’s happening. The improving job market is drawing Americans back into the labor force.

The U.S. labor force grew by 555,000 people in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. It was the biggest one-month increase in more than a year and, more importantly, was the fifth straight increase, the longest such streak since the recession began more than eight years ago. The labor force participation rate — the share of the adult population that’s either working or actively looking for work — rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 62.9 percent, its highest level in over a year."
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/march-jobs-report/

This on top of 65 straight months of positive private sector job growth and a 4.9 unemployment rate exposes the lie that the "Obama-conomy' is a failure.

As long as over half of all new income keeps going to the top 1% the economy sucks. What good are jobs when you need three of them just to survive?

Mr. Lin 03-11-2016 09:35 PM

What about stagnant wages, horrendous wealth inequality, the war on organized labor, etc.? I give Obama credit for fixing some of the catastrophe W. left us, but the system is still very much broken. Time for some major changes, but it looks like that's not going to happen anytime soon.

VanishingPoi 03-19-2016 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bobabode (Post 304887)
"It’s happening. The improving job market is drawing Americans back into the labor force.

The U.S. labor force grew by 555,000 people in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. It was the biggest one-month increase in more than a year and, more importantly, was the fifth straight increase, the longest such streak since the recession began more than eight years ago. The labor force participation rate — the share of the adult population that’s either working or actively looking for work — rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 62.9 percent, its highest level in over a year."
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/march-jobs-report/

This on top of 65 straight months of positive private sector job growth and a 4.9 unemployment rate exposes the lie that the "Obama-conomy' is a failure.

I wonder what kind of jobs those would be. Restaurants open and close every day.

68custom 03-19-2016 05:08 PM

there is a big window manufacturer near me that will require you work at least 60 hours a week, and I mean nonstop every second work with 2-10 minute breaks and a half hour lunch. they will charge you $8 for 50 cents worth of lettuce (salad)and they have their own DRs office like a work camp! you will also be expected to lift 150 pounds repeatedly all day long. people there think they are lucky cause those SOBs are paying them $10 an hour. I did it for 3 weeks before I told em to go to hell. as a union job this would be a $20 dollar an hour job or more easily. did I mention that recently some Chinese investors bought a huge chunk of said company? Obama's helped but the economy is still kinda shitty for regular folks.

MrPots 03-19-2016 05:51 PM

Sound exactly like the Chinese factory model.

68custom 03-19-2016 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPots (Post 307077)
Sound exactly like the Chinese factory model.

you must mean work them till they fall out. then replace them?
BTW an upper tier managers name is no kidding, Monty Burns! who is the bad guy on the 'Simpsons' cartoon!

Pio1980 03-19-2016 06:43 PM

Industrial feudalism, the regressives' dream goal. And they keep voting for their rapists.

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BlueStreak 03-19-2016 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Joad (Post 304903)
As long as over half of all new income keeps going to the top 1% the economy sucks. What good are jobs when you need three of them just to survive?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Lin (Post 305934)
What about stagnant wages, horrendous wealth inequality, the war on organized labor, etc.? I give Obama credit for fixing some of the catastrophe W. left us, but the system is still very much broken. Time for some major changes, but it looks like that's not going to happen anytime soon.

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Originally Posted by VanishingPoi (Post 307048)
I wonder what kind of jobs those would be. Restaurants open and close every day.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68custom (Post 307073)
there is a big window manufacturer near me that will require you work at least 60 hours a week, and I mean nonstop every second work with 2-10 minute breaks and a half hour lunch. they will charge you $8 for 50 cents worth of lettuce (salad)and they have their own DRs office like a work camp! you will also be expected to lift 150 pounds repeatedly all day long. people there think they are lucky cause those SOBs are paying them $10 an hour. I did it for 3 weeks before I told em to go to hell. as a union job this would be a $20 dollar an hour job or more easily. did I mention that recently some Chinese investors bought a huge chunk of said company? Obama's helped but the economy is still kinda shitty for regular folks.

This is the rub. And, I am sick and f**king tired of hearing how Trump is going to fix it.......

NO, HE IS NOT. If the comments that bastard made in Detroit last year didn't show you exactly what he is, you're hopeless. Anyone who could look around at that mess and comment that it makes sense as a "business strategy" to deliberately starve a city or a state until they submit is a tyrant. Plain and simple.

MrPots 03-20-2016 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueStreak (Post 307085)
This is the rub. And, I am sick and f**king tired of hearing how Trump is going to fix it.......

NO, HE IS NOT. If the comments that bastard made in Detroit last year didn't show you exactly what he is, you're hopeless. Anyone who could look around at that mess and comment that it makes sense as a "business strategy" to deliberately starve a city or a state until they submit is a tyrant. Plain and simple.

The only one who wants to fix it is Bernie.

If Bernie cannot fix it, then Trump will tear it down and lay the foundation bare for the next president to fix it.

(Hillary is just more of the same old shit)

Regarding : "it makes sense as a "business strategy" to deliberately starve a city or a state until they submit "; that has been the american business model towards the american blue collar worker for four decades now. Starve them until they submit....


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