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2009-11-23 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Relax. It's just money---we can print as much as we need.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-11-23 01:11|| 2009-11-23 01:11|| Front Page Top

#2 We'll have to. Nobody's going to loan us any more.

Posted by gorb 2009-11-23 03:49|| 2009-11-23 03:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Similarly, New Mexico has only three congressional districts, yet federal funds magically ended up boosting jobs in the 4th, 22nd, 35th and 40th CDs.

Ah, but they do exist. Those are allocated to the state's Teachers Union which in turn match where the dollars went.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-11-23 08:01|| 2009-11-23 08:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Unemployment hit 11% here in NC for October, and I think it will continue to climb.
Government produces nothing, any jobs it creates comes at the expense of taxpayers. That well is running dry.
It's damn near time to water the tree of Liberty.

Posted by NCMike 2009-11-23 09:27|| 2009-11-23 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 The real unemployment rate's more like 15%.

BLS stats use out-of-date assumptions; millions of unemployed never registered for benefits or have exhausted them; others have stopped looking; and millions more are on forced furloughs for as much as a week each month.

Posted by lex 2009-11-23 10:24|| 2009-11-23 10:24|| Front Page Top

#6 We need to throw off the shackles, slavery, and tyranny imposed by this out of control Congress ASAP. Put them in the rear-view mirror quickly or they will bankrupt us, our children, and our children's children for generations to come.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-11-23 10:28|| 2009-11-23 10:28|| Front Page Top

#7 The real unemployment rate's more like 15%.

Closer to 18%. Last I saw it was 17.5% I know a lot of people that lost their jobs when it started, are out of benifits and still have no job, no hope and no money.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-11-23 10:44|| 2009-11-23 10:44|| Front Page Top

#8 I've been out of work for 3 months now. California's job market is fundamentally different from anything I've seen in the last 25 years.

I send out applications and resumes - but they just drop into a black hole. I've never had a problem finding work in my life... but now, nothing! Not even rejection letters or thanks for the application. Nothing!

These politicians are idiots!

Posted by LeighG 2009-11-23 10:55|| 2009-11-23 10:55|| Front Page Top

#9 The biggest heist in history.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2009-11-23 11:05|| 2009-11-23 11:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Don't blame BLS.

The various unemployment sequences were used for many years using the same protocols. When Bush was Prez, the 'including discouraged' rate was then, as now, much higher than the normalistic rate. Also, back then, as now, the employer and household surveys did not track perfectly. The BLS numbers are, in fact, the only ones that keep the Administration in line.

Posted by lord garth 2009-11-23 12:42|| 2009-11-23 12:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Hey, we made Obama's friends and cronies happy. And some would say that alone is enough.

Posted by DMFD 2009-11-23 21:43|| 2009-11-23 21:43|| Front Page Top

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