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WriteDown
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Fri Oct-02-09 08:26 AM Original message |
Jobless rate reaches 9.8 percent in September |
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robcon
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Fri Oct-02-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Spending up: employment down |
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rfranklin
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Fri Oct-02-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Still addicted to debt.... |
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robcon
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Fri Oct-02-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And the banks have a lot of credit that isn't being paid back... |
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Psephos
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Sat Oct-03-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Consumer debt is down, and trending down as well. It's govt. that's behaving like a crack whore. nt |
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Old Hob
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Fri Oct-02-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Kids went back to school in August which could account for a fair amount of the increased spending |
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robcon
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Fri Oct-02-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The data are seasonally adjusted: i.e. 'normal' seasonal patterns are excluded. |
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Jakes Progress
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Fri Oct-02-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. 15 million out of work |
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Stumbler
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Fri Oct-02-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Why, oh why isn't the 17% figure in the headline? |
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robcon
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Fri Oct-02-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The unemployment rate is correctly released by the BLS |
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MannyGoldstein
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Fri Oct-02-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. But The Paulson/Summers/Geithner Banker Bailout Was A Raging Success! |
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twitomy
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Fri Oct-02-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. Dont worry, we are going to get the Olympics.... |
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bhikkhu
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Sat Oct-03-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Or not... |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Fri Oct-02-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. If that number is not down significantly in 13 months, the GOP will make big gains in Congress |
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robcon
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Fri Oct-02-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Do you mean if that number is up???? |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Fri Oct-02-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Whoops! I left out the word 'not.' |
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recoveringrepublican
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Fri Oct-02-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Well I know since Aug we have been spending like mad people, all for school related things. nt |
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area51
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Fri Oct-02-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. Jobless rate is a lot higher than that |
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pinqy
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Sat Oct-03-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Mr. Roberts is lying |
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RUMMYisFROSTED
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Sat Oct-03-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The fact remains that unemployment numbers are under-reported. |
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pinqy
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Sat Oct-03-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. No, that's not a fact. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED
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Sat Oct-03-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. People fall off the rolls without having gained employment. |
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pinqy
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Sat Oct-03-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. There are no rolls |
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Psephos
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Sat Oct-03-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The statistic you want is total jobs in the US economy. |
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pinqy
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Sat Oct-03-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. What's your source? |
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Psephos
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Sat Oct-03-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) |
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pinqy
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Sat Oct-03-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You're using the wrong numbers |
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Psephos
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Sat Oct-03-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Actually, you're using the wrong numbers |
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pinqy
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Sat Oct-03-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. You have them completely reversed. |
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Psephos
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Sat Oct-03-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The civilian labor force dropped by 570,000 last month... |
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pinqy
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Sun Oct-04-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The labor force has been dropping for a while now... |
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bhikkhu
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Sat Oct-03-09 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. And the idiot in charge the last time it was this bad was ----- |
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