Not Since 1997!

[Jermyn Davidson]

"Quite a milestone today in terms of the number of nonfarm payroll jobs the economy is creating," said Chris Rupkey, the chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-job...133530569.html

[n david]

Both the unemployment rate 6.2% and number of unemployed persons 9.7 million changed little.

Unemployment for women increased to 5.7%
Unemployment for blacks increased to 11.4%

Long-term unemployed remain unchanged at 3.2 million.

What the numbers don't tell you is how many multiple job workers are included in these numbers. One person working two or more jobs is counted with the number of jobs they have. So instead of Barry, who has 3 jobs, counted just once, he's counted 3 times.

If unemployment doesn't change and long-term unemployement isn't changed, that tells me these numbers are not an accurate assessment of the economy.

Don't let me stop your party though.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by n david

Both the unemployment rate 6.2% and number of unemployed persons 9.7 million changed little.

Unemployment for women increased to 5.7%
Unemployment for blacks increased to 11.4%

Long-term unemployed remain unchanged at 3.2 million.

What the numbers don't tell you is how many multiple job workers are included in these numbers. One person working two or more jobs is counted with the number of jobs they have. So instead of Barry, who has 3 jobs, counted just once, he's counted 3 times.

If unemployment doesn't change and long-term unemployement isn't changed, that tells me these numbers are not an accurate assessment of the economy.

Don't let me stop your party though.

[aegsm76]

Hmm.
The writer of this article also called Mitt Romney a "racist"
Not a very unbiased journalist.

Link:

http://newsbusters.org/people-and-or...rett-logiurato

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by aegsm76

Hmm.
The writer of this article also called Mitt Romney a "racist"
Not a very unbiased journalist.

Link:

http://newsbusters.org/people-and-or...rett-logiurato

He wasn't the only one to throw that label at Romney, unfortunately.

[aegsm76]

Are you implying there was/is truth in that "label"?

[n david]

Originally Posted by aegsm76

Are you implying there was/is truth in that "label"?

The same was done with the MS Senate candidate Chris McDaniel. How the game works is this: Liberals and their media put out a bunch of hit pieces claiming the candidate is racist. They never post any kind of proof...because proof isn't required -- ask JD. The mere existence of all the lib hit pieces calling these GOP candidates racist is proof enough that they must really be racist.

There wasn't a shred of proof that McDaniel was racist. I read the lib blogs and their claims, but no proof was given. I asked JD for proof and