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AP Reluctantly 'Discovers' Trend Towards Part-Time and Lower-Paid Work -- Years Late
Newsbusters ^ | August 3, 2013 | Tom Blumer

Posted on 08/03/2013 10:26:22 PM PDT by grundle

In this case, the old saying, "Better late than never" really shouldn't apply. In June, when the government's Household Survey used to determine the unemployment rate reported that there were 240,000 fewer full-time workers and 360,000 more part-time workers than there were in May, the establishment press, particularly the Associated Press, largely ignored or downplayed the result.

The AP's Christopher Rugaber broke the ice a bit in early July after June's jobs report, and the wire service has finally gone full-bore into noting the trend towards part-time work in the past two days. But while the press slept for months, center-right bloggers and many others have been chronicling the trend anecdotally since late last year, and gradually with solid numbers from the government's own reports as the year has worn on.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; deathpanels; mediabias; obamacare; obamarecession; obamataxhike; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; zerocare

1 posted on 08/03/2013 10:26:22 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

Unexpected . . . . . . . . . . . . by the Oblame-o administration!


2 posted on 08/03/2013 10:33:11 PM PDT by DustyMoment (Congress - another name for the American politburo!!)
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As Rush said, the White House Commie continues to have his administration continue to destroy America as we know it while he flies around the country in campaign mode totally disassociating himself from the chaos he has personally created. To him, this may absolve him of some responsibility for the chaos he has created for the American people, but history will label him as the worst president ever and if his constant race baiting does not end in another LA riot, he will be lucky to be seen as just another black street thug.


3 posted on 08/03/2013 10:37:15 PM PDT by Stayfree (If it is left, then it can't be right!)
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Trend kind of indicates drift and slight change over time.

This has been going on now for at least 13 years.

Trend?

There are times when you just want to walk up to a journalist and slap the living S out of ‘em.


4 posted on 08/04/2013 1:01:04 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Kill the bill... Begin enforcing our current laws, signed by President Ronald Reagan.)
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Trend Towards Part-Time and Lower-Paid Work -- Years Late

The left is fond of using tax law to shape behavior, yet they pretend to be surprised that ObamaCare (tax law) shapes behavior? What did they expect to happen when they made hiring full-time workers more expensive and increased the cost of existing full-time workers if not to force new hires into part-time work at a lower wage?

5 posted on 08/04/2013 3:53:19 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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The original AP article is absolutely damning.

There has been no recovery in full-time jobs. ObamaCare has destroyed any possibility of a recovery in full-time jobs. There is a direct relationship between the lack of full-time jobs and the anemic GDP growth.

This article is a “The Emperor Has No Clothes” moment.


6 posted on 08/04/2013 4:44:01 AM PDT by magellan
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The article says “noting the trend towards part-time work in the past two days.” This has been going on a lot longer than two days. Great work by another “journalist”.


7 posted on 08/04/2013 5:13:50 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: grundle

bump


8 posted on 08/04/2013 5:12:34 PM PDT by lowbridge
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