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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:23 AM Original message |
600,000 Jobs Lost - And Counting |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. unemployment in PA is around 6.5% already |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. In Spain... |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Now I get it |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Michigan has a 8.9% unemployment rate. Our local county is at 9.7%. eom |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Obama camp needs to do an ad which does a tally of the devastation |
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livelongandprosper (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's relative. EU has 7.5% and they don't whine. n/t |
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Stellabella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You think being unemployed and being distressed about it is |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. They also now count ppl with part time jobs as fully employed - a change the bush administration |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. But they also have something of a social safety net. nt |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. .. . versus the great DuhMerican "safety net", if you qualify. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And they have free health care |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. It's not free--they pay for it with their taxes. Whereas we Americans |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. good point! |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Without a doubt... |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. WTF!? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Phil Gramm, is that you? |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. It is far worse than most realize..because....In order to just stay even...the economy |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Has * created even one job, when population growth is accouted for? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 07:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Technically, and this is with cooked numbers . . . |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. That can't be true! I was told the fundamentals of our economy are strong! |
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OakCliffDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. Kick |
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