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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 07:45 PM Original message |
The REAL Unemployment numbers: Out Of Work, Out Of Sight |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. heard three different mentions of employment today from 3 states... |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 07:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And no UE extension. I read that would have given 20 times bang for |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 08:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. the middle class |
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dawgman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 08:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. kucinich or revolution are the only two answers I see. |
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Myra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 08:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You're right thinkingwoman. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 09:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. How to break the burgoise? |
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Upfront (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 11:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Yes |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 09:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. When the middle class gets truly angry |
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damnyankee2601 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 12:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. To paraphrase from the (earlier) Nazi era: |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. You just inspired my next editorial: |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-04 06:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
48. I'm afraid the middle class is in a coma |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 05:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. You're so right |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I like that phrase |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 05:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Those jobs used to be the norm |
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Southsideirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. How come the unions aren't having protests about no xtnded UI? |
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damnyankee2601 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 01:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. The Unions have been co-opted by homophobia |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. Do they include people like me? |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 09:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. No. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 09:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. For Just Me |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 09:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Ouch,...I knew that already,... |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 07:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Some "solid ground" for you. |
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GAspnes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 05:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. put me down as a complaining terrorist, then |
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MikeG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm from Pittsburgh, PA |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 09:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yeah, But Clinton Got A BlowJob |
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MikeG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 10:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Damn his penis!!! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-03 11:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. My local paper has more pages of forclosures than job listings n/t |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 01:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Check out www.jobwatch.org |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 01:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Welcome to Dickens' America |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 01:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. actually "Norquist's America" is more apropos |
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damnyankee2601 (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 01:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Dead right... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. america |
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Venomous_Rhetoric (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 05:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I was wondering |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 02:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. No. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. Michigan is totally F*cked...no jobs here |
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tokenlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 02:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Are you sure??? |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. Does anyone know how that number rates historically? |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 09:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The overall number is about average. But it depends on the makeup. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 05:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Thank you very much for that information, |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 11:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Some info |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. but but "New Jobless Claims Lowest of Bush Tenure" |
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malachi (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
30. A falling unemployment rate may be spurring President Bush's |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 12:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. voting |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. There's more people in the job market today than under Clinton |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 05:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Exactly. And that's what makes it so difficult to get a job now. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 06:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Yes, that is figured into the mix. We're talking about the percent |
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seixon (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. And....? |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 08:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. so, you think 1.5 million people married rich or won the lottery? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-31-03 11:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-04 01:25 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Because part-time work doesn't allow a person to support himself |
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