Weekly Jobless Claims Rise to 312,000

Fox Business ^ | June 05, 2014 | Reuters

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Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 312,000 for the week ended May 31, the Labor Department said on Thursday.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast first-time applications for jobless aid rising to 310,000 last week.

Last week's data has no impact on the government's closely followed employment report for May, which will be released on Friday, as it falls outside the survey period.

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Part time & minimum wage America

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Let me the first to say: UNEXPECTED!

[napscoordinator]

Part time & minimum wage America

Not to mention they want to destroy these to with the 15 dollar an hour nonsense.

[notdownwidems]

And it was ‘unexpected’...period full stop!

[Hoodat]

. . . The unemployment rate for people collecting unemployment benefits has held at 2.0 percent since April."

Look, I didn't attend Stanford, and I never took any classes at Harvard Business School. But shouldn't "the unemployment rate for people collecting unemployment benefits" be somewhere around 100%?

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One would think so, but you’re not factoring in the illegal aliens who both work under the table and receive unemployment benefits.

How could you possibly forget the aliens? LOL

[Kartographer]

To be quietly revised higher later.


OBAMAVILLE

Gett’n a head fake,
watchin' msn’s take;
All of their pundits oozing foul oil.
Clean’n my six gun on my front porch swing.
Feeling my blood--
It’s beginnin' to boil.

Wasted away again in Obamaville,
Searchin' for a job so I can earn my salt.
Some people claim that Bush is to blame,
But I know it's Obama’s fault.

There’s no rhyme or reason,
They are all commitin’ treason
With nothing to show but a brand new tax or two.
But they are real beauties,
Despotic duties, how they got passed
I haven't a clue.

Wasted away again in Obamaville,
Searchin' for a job so I can earn my salt.
Some people claim that it’s Bush we should blame,
Now I think,-- hell with them it’s Obama’s fault.

I blew out my flip flop,
Stepped on a pop top;
Cut my heel, but I just cruise on back home.
Because no medical care will the doctors render
They say there’s little service I can tender
And there’s no need for me to hang on.

Wasted away again in Obamaville
Searchin' for a job so I can earn my salt.
Some people claim that Bush is to blame,
But I know, it's my own damn fault.
Yes, and some people claim that Bush is to blame,
And I know because of my vote it's my own damn fault damn fault.

[Kartographer]

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You forgot to start with unexpectedly and end with but...

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