[Antoninus II]

What a crock!

[mountainlion]

Lots of people would rather not risk a business venture in times like this when success is questionable and they would rather not pay taxes on their risk.

[Bon of Babble]

Anyone here believe the economy is picking up and unemployment is low?

"The Obama Pattern: Workforce Shrinks, So Unemployment Drops"

The total number of people who are seeking employment has been decimated in the Obama recovery, with a record-breaking 92,120,000 Americans who, by the BLS’s definition, have dropped out of the labor force. That leaves the participation rate among working-age Americans stranded, for yet another month, at the lowest level it’s seen in four decades: 62.8 percent. The figure reflects a one-month increase in dropouts from the labor force of 111,000.

http://personalliberty.com/obama-pattern-workforce-shrinks- unemployment-drops/

http://www.shadowstats.com/

[Perdogg]

[lostboy61]

The only way to look at government numbers is after a 1/4 lb. joint. Only when in the purple haze will you understand the B.S. numbers this criminal government puts out. It's all lies by the father of lies. Wakey, wakey the coffees burning!

[logitech]

Yes, and I hear the wheat harvest is at an all time high, comrade!

[KarlInOhio]

The economy added 288,000 jobs in June, soundly beating economists’ expectations of 211,000, and the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent.

Do even the slightest bit of journalism and you will see that there was a decrease of about 500,000 full time jobs and an increase of 800,000 part time jobs. The total number of jobs may have increased, but I wouldn't be surprised if the number of hours worked dropped.

[Paine in the Neck]

Sometime in August, they will have another article headlined “Recovery Summer Unexpectedly Fails to Materialize”

[traderrob6]

Your post always seem to be this kind of “blue sky” crap that says the economy, stock market, employment are on the rebound and all is great with the economy. Why is that?

[jeffc]

Yeah, if you want a minimum-wage, part-time job, where your days and hours are different from week to week, preventing you from getting another part-time job.

[Mechanicos]

Because of Obamacare and a slow economy business had to lay-off and cut-back hours to part-time previously full-time workers. Then, because they still had a labor need they hired 2 part time people to replace each full time employee they let-go/forced into part-time.

Only the left could spin losing full-time employment forcing Americans into taking multiple part-time jobs as a good thing...

[bert]

The temptation is to consider a homogenized economy. That is not the case.

Many poo poo the articles and talk of growth or at least some indication of normalization.

Here in upper east Tennessee, things are pretty good. The primary industry announced a $1.2 billion investment locally to expand and update production capacity. Other manufacturers are running full tilt and with the restraints of caution imposed several years ago are caught between the need to increase employment and the fear of Obamacare, recession. Houses continue to sell and some builders have resumed construction.

Meanwhile, retail growth put on hold is booming with the construction of three very large totally new retail centers currently under construction.

We live in a conservative region with almost no union or leftwing baggage. Our local governments compete actively to be a positive factor in employment facilitation and growth.

[Carriage Hill]

They’re still pissing down our collective backs, and telling us that it’s raining.

[ealgeone]

isn't there a way to use how many SS#s are on active payroll? couldn't companies report this and then we'd know for sure how many people were actually working?

this seems like it would take away to guessing game.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I believe both parties are to blame.

EVERYONE is sending jobs to other countries.

Americans are sending jobs elsewhere. to make things cheaper. Yet all of the lost jobs, lose something else.

American ownership.

America needs to make things, right here in America. Our trade situation is now critical.

Bring back American manufacturing.

Now.

[icwhatudo]

All they did was hire illegals...part time. Big deal.

[smokingfrog]

I heard a reporter on the radio that was practically gushing over the better than expected employment sats from the ministry of propaganda. It seems like “things are not as bad as they used to be” is now a cause for wild celebration!

[WilliamofCarmichael]

RE: the unemployment rates dropping (the real rate dropped from 12.2 to 12.1)

but unclear if [it’s a matter of] finding employment or just dropping out of the labor market.

Two things

1. this was buried deep in the article well pass the attention span of Obama voters and
2. the impact of the alternate media is being felt by the MSM employees.

The MSM employees would never have included the "rest of the story" but they are nowadays being forced into reporting the news not fashioning the "news" like in the days before the Internet and before conservative opinion could be expressed freely on radio without fear of losing broadcast licenses.

IMO it's OK for them to publish their opinions as news if the bastards would just admit their bias -- like in the old days of multiple newspapers in each city before TV.

[VRWC For Truth]

Recovery Summer will be in 2017 when the Commie pink fag is removed from the WH.

[CincyRichieRich]

Must be since none of their friends are hurting.