My liberal friends are celebrating this chart from the Washington Post. I'm curious what people think of it. Red is under Bush, and blue is under Obama. Is this accurate? If so, it needs to be in every democrat's campaign commercial.
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Is it -700,000 of something good or bad? That such a poorly labeled chart gets your liberal friends excited speaks volumes."In conclusion, let me give a shout-out to dirty sex. What a great thing it is" - Northwestcoug
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Originally posted by DU Ute View PostIs it -700,000 of something good or bad? That such a poorly labeled chart gets your liberal friends excited speaks volumes.That which may be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. -C. Hitchens
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It's a national job growth chart - shows the number of jobs added or lost each month. There's no denying the trend. The question becomes the nature/value of the jobs lost these last thirty months versus the nature/value of the ones finally being added. The spike last November, for example, was probably due to mass hiring of seasonal retail workers.
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Originally posted by Babs View PostIt's a national job growth chart - shows the number of jobs added or lost each month. There's no denying the trend. The question becomes the nature/value of the jobs lost these last thirty months versus the nature/value of the ones finally being added. The spike last November, for example, was probably due to mass hiring of seasonal retail workers.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/images/2...d_20091207.png
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Originally posted by thesaint258 View PostI wonder how many of those jobs added in March are Census jobs.That which may be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. -C. Hitchens
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It will be interesting to see how history defines the correlation of the employment figures to the stimulus bill. The recovery.gov site has the total jobs created/saved number as 682K, but their methodology is somewhat suspect. Not necessarily because they're trying to inflate the numbers; it's simply a difficult statistic to quantify. The site does say that the total amount paid in grants/contracts/loans is right now at about $100B, which would allow for a simple method for identifying jobs created/saved. The more difficult figure is in the approximately $300B already paid out for tax benefits and entitlements. The multiplier effect comes into play here and it's nearly impossible to identify an accurate figure from these categories.
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The census says they need hundreds of thousands of jobs.
http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/
I wonder how they count up the temp and the part time jobs.
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This chart raises a question I've always been curious about: what's the lag time between the President/Congress signing a bill into law, the law taking effect, and being able to see tangible results? Is that an impossible question to answer in a vacuum? Between Dems and GOPers taking credit and/or pointing fingers on everything from oil prices to domestic terrorism, I've always wondered if/when either party has been correct to take the credit."I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
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Originally posted by BoylenOver View PostThis chart raises a question I've always been curious about: what's the lag time between the President/Congress signing a bill into law, the law taking effect, and being able to see tangible results? Is that an impossible question to answer in a vacuum? Between Dems and GOPers taking credit and/or pointing fingers on everything from oil prices to domestic terrorism, I've always wondered if/when either party has been correct to take the credit.
I know for the stimulus bill, people started counting the jobs saved/created before they even received stimulus money.
As a side note, I am duly employed indirectly through stimulus money.
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Compare the above chart to this chart at google. VP Biden made a prediction that the economy will be adding between 250,000 and 500,000 jobs a month in the next few months. If the economy can add 500,000 jobs per month for the next five years the unemployment rate will be back to where it was in 2008."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
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GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Ted Nugent View PostCompare the above chart to this chart at google. VP Biden made a prediction that the economy will be adding between 250,000 and 500,000 jobs a month in the next few months. If the economy can add 500,000 jobs per month for the next five years the unemployment rate will be back to where it was in 2008.That which may be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. -C. Hitchens
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