http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jobs/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:35:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286415/posts The June "Jobs" report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on July 2 caused shock and dismay. Payrolls declined by 467,000 jobs, more than the 345,000 lost in May, and much more than the 363,000 that economists had predicted. The only reason that the reported unemployment rate rose by only 0.1 percentage points (to 9.5%) in June was that many jobless people became discouraged and stopped looking for work. As bad as the BLS report was, it should not have come as a surprise. The deteriorating employment situation could have been predicted as early as April 29, when... Real Clear Markets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286415/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:35:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286257/posts ... Tens of thousands of laid-off workers [...] have turned to retraining as a lifeline. Yet for all the popularity of these government-financed programs, there are questions about whether they actually work, even as President Obama’s stimulus plan directs $1.4 billion more to retraining and other services for people who have lost their jobs. In Michigan, where the unemployment rate in May was 14.1 percent, the nation’s highest, 78,000 people are enrolled in the state’s No Worker Left Behind program and 7,800 are on the waiting list. At the Michigan Works job center here, where Mr. Hutchins applied for retraining... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286257/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:52:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2286246/posts In a rocky job market, there is one field that has thousands of openings waiting to be filled. Wycliffe Bible Translators, the world’s largest organization of its kind, is looking for workers with a range of skills to assist in the translation of the scriptures into the last remaining languages. “Of course, a large number will go into translation,” said Chuck Michaels of Wycliffe to Mission Network News. “But for every translator team we send out we need three support personnel: people who are pilots, IT personnel, teachers that will teach missionary children, managers that will help us in our... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2286246/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 02:21:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286129/posts In an interview today on Fox News Sunday, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) asked “Where are the jobs?” after unemployment has risen again – to 9.5 percent – even after Washington Democrats promised that the trillion-dollar “stimulus” spending bill would create jobs immediately. THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286129/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 21:56:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285954/posts V.P. Biden famously declared paying higher taxes is a patriotic duty. Lou Dobbs bombasts that relocating a company outside the US is treason. Pres. Obama wants a special tax on US companies with foreign operations. These three, along with many others, reflect an ugly conceit that the US government is somehow an institution greater than the people who originally authorized it. Also, they make the policy error of assuming that businesses and the wealthy can be forced to remain in the US, that the taxman can squeeze them mercilessly without consequence. Of course none of that is true, and using... Shout Bits Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285954/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 15:42:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285509/posts An Iraqi city worker prepares to unload new trash containers to be distributed to local citizens of Basrah, July 1. Approximately 12,000 trash containers were delivered that day, with a total of 350,000 to be delivered in the near future. Photo by Sgt. Rodney Foliente, 4th Infantry Division. BASRAH — U.S. Soldiers and members of the Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Team joined Governor Sheltag Aboud al-Mayah here as he distributed the first trash can to a city family, July 1. The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, coordinated with the local government to provide trash cans to residents here as... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285509/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:21:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285159/posts Paul Krugman says that the jobs report confirms that we're plunging right back toward another Great Depression. We've lost 6.5 million jobs since the peak. After adjusting for population growth, we're down 8.5 million. As Richard Bernstein noted yesterday, wages and the workweek are also declining. Obama's stimulus, meanwhile, promises to create 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year (if you believe the projections). So, by then, assuming no further loss in jobs (please), we'll be about 5 million below where we should be. And state and city budget pressures are wiping out many of the benefits of... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285159/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:58:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285133/posts Another month or two, and this really will be the biggest economic disaster since the Great Depression. Read » The chart below, from Calculated Risk, shows the percentage decline in jobs from peak employment in all the recessions since World War 2. We still haven't quite eclipsed the 1948 drop, but we likely will in another month or two. And that will leave only the Great Depression to make us feel better about ourselves. The good news in the chart, such as it is, is that employment can recover quickly once it finally turns. Anyone care to place a bet... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285133/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:28:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284974/posts According to Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan,” the 4th of July fire works are not the only explosives that the U.S. people are going to see. Taleb predicts that all of the steps that the Obama administration has taken regarding economic stimulus and all of the media coverage about recovery are all wrong. Taleb suggests that all of the catastrophic and dire warnings concerning Global Warming should have instead been for the U.S. economy! Creating Orwellian Worldview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284974/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:18:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284798/posts As we officially enter the second half of 2009, some stock-taking is in order. Has the economy hit bottom, and is the recovery about to begin? Is it safe to get back into the stock market? Is it time for businesses to stop cutting and start investing? Can the government begin letting up on monetary and fiscal stimulus? The right answer to all of these questions is probably "no." Certainly the economy and the financial system are in much better shape than almost any of us would have predicted as the year began. The midterm outlook is nowhere near as... Washington comPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284798/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:31:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284788/posts After nine months of explosive monetary and fiscal stimulus, you'd think economic recovery would be upon us. But the June jobs report tells a much different story. Non-farm payrolls fell by 467,000 as the unemployment rate edged up to 9.5 percent. This isn't nearly as bad as the 700,000 monthly job losses of last winter, but it's still a rough number. Equally disappointing is the household survey -- often a key turning-point signal since it captures the health of small businesses -- which has dropped 811,000 in the past two months. Donald Marron, a former senior economist with the Council... Real Clear Markets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284788/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:22:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284781/posts ... [T]he loss of 467,000 jobs for the month is one more sign that the economy still hasn't hit bottom despite months of epic fiscal and monetary reflation. ... Congress has scheduled an increase in the minimum wage later this month, which will price even more of these unskilled youths out of a vital start on the career ladder. One useful policy response would be for Congress to rescind the wage hike to $7.25 an hour (from $6.55) that is scheduled for July 24. But the union economic model that now dominates Washington holds that wages only matter for those... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284781/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:11:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284706/posts Most of you voted for this guy, on his word. You bought into his bag-o-crap! And his word is not worth the money if would cost to flush his sorry ass down the toilet! "No tax increase for those making 250 or less". BS! What is it now" 90? How can any of you who voted for this dirt bag honestly look people in the eye? You know damn well it is your fault the country is in the predicament that it is. You knew he was a snake when you voted for him.You knew he has no experience. But... Barry's Obamanation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284706/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:50:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284628/posts Poll: What is the single BEST way to create jobs in this economy? A Daily Poll. A Daily Poll http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284628/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:07:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284468/posts House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today released a new web video targeting Washington Democrats’ trillion-dollar “stimulus” bill and asking “where are the jobs?” The tongue-in-cheek web video, inspired by a classic 1984 TV commercial by now-Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), features a job-sniffing GOP bloodhound named Ellie Mae and a down-home voiceover by Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA). GO TO THE FREEDOM POST TO ACCESS VIDEO. THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284468/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:28:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284200/posts US layoffs still too high, too many families worried, Obama says in AP interview WASHINGTON (AP) -- With joblessness rising, President Barack Obama said Thursday he was "deeply concerned" about unemployment and conceded that too many families are worried about "whether they will be next" to suffer economically. In a White House interview with The Associated Press, Obama said that since he took office, "we have successfully stabilized the financial markets," and "started to see some stabilization on housing." "But what we are still seeing is too many jobs lost," said Obama, commenting after new government figures showed the unemployment... Finance.Yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284200/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:46:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284191/posts Obama Stimulus Plan Saves or Creates 467,000 More Jobs Oh, wait...did I say "saves or creates," as in, the imaginary voodoo number crunching the Obama Administration mistakes for "measuring job creation?" Oops! I guess I did. In reality, which bears little resemblance to the utopian, unicorn-populated, sunshine-laden rainbow smiles of Obamaworld, we're down another 467,000 more jobs in June. The stimulus is working so well that government jobs are increasing as the private sector burns (adding to the cost of running the government, by the way, which will have to be paid for by...the private sector). My Pet Jawa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284191/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:34:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283476/posts WASHINGTON – The Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses around the country Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun notifying businesses of plans to audit their I-9 forms — employment eligibility documents that employers fill out for every worker — the agency told members of Congress in an e-mail Wednesday. Immigration officers served "Notices of Inspection" to 625 businesses, the Homeland Security Department said. By comparison, 503 such notices were issued to businesses last year, the agency said. Yahoo from AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283476/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:11:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284134/posts A News 8 investigation found that hundreds of aircraft mechanics have been brought into the United States to work at aircraft repair facilities. Insiders say the companies that are importing the mechanics are so eager to save money, they’re overstating their qualifications. The result may be a threat to safety, abetted by lax enforcement of immigration law. At daybreak any morning at San Antonio Aerospace, hundreds of workers amble through the gates for the day shift. They repair big jets like Airbuses, Boeing 757s and MD-11s. But, despite the fact that it's a huge facility in the middle of the... WFAA-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284134/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:33:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284131/posts The Labor Department has a slew of data on the employment front this morning. Actually, it is the unemployment front. The data for unemployment in the month of June showed an unemployment rate of 9.5%. The bad news comes in the form of the change in non-Farm Payrolls, which came in at-467,000. Where this gets tricky is inside the individual data and inside the weekly data. Bloomberg’s consensus estimates for the change in non-Farm Payrolls was only -350,000. The estimates on the overall unemployment rate was 9.6%. The numbers for April were originally reported as being 9.4% unemployment and -345,00... Wall St 24/7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284131/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:31:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284113/posts The number of jobs lost in the US last month came in at 467,000, which was much more than had been expected. The jobless rate rose to 9.5% in June, from 9.4% in May, as the US economy continued to struggle. Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the number of jobless people has risen by 7.2 million, the Department of Labor said. The unemployment rate was slightly lower than had been expected, but was still the highest since August 1983. The number of people losing their jobs can be higher than expected at the same time as... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284113/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:16:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284077/posts WASHINGTON – Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy. The Labor Department report, released Thursday, showed that even as the recession flashes signs of easing, companies likely will want to keep a lid on costs and be wary of hiring until they feel certain the economy is on solid ground. June's payroll reductions were deeper than the 363,000 that economists expected and average weekly earnings dropped to the lowest level in nearly a year. However, the rise... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284077/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:37:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284070/posts One of the most significant transformations in U.S. graduate education and the international market for highly-trained workers in science and engineering during the last quarter century is the representation of students from outside of the United States among the ranks of doctorate recipients from U.S. universities. In all but the life sciences, the foreign share of Ph.D. recipients now equals or exceeds the share from the United States. Students from outside the United States accounted for 51 percent of Ph.D. recipients in science and engineering in 2003, up from 27 percent in 1973. In 2003, doctorate recipients from outside the... National Bureau of Economic Research http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284070/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:31:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283684/posts The new millennium is on course to hit a grim milestone. WASHINGTON -- When the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports employment figures Thursday morning, economists expect the U.S. to take a big step toward an ugly milestone. If, as expected, 363,000 jobs were eliminated last month, it will mean 131.8 million people are working in the U.S.--the same as May of 2000. If another million jobs disappear by the end of the year--likely, without unexpected improvement--an entire decade of employment gains will have been wiped out. In January of 2000, there were 130.8 million jobs in the country. "It's not... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283684/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:28:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283038/posts FAIRVIEW, N.J. – For five years, immigrant day laborer Leo Chamale wired money twice a month from New Jersey to his family in Guatemala. Recently, he stepped up to the money transfer window for a different purpose — to ask that his family send some of his savings back to him. "I hadn't worked for five months, and I was two months behind on rent, so I had them send $1,500," the 21-year-old Chamale said in Spanish. "My mother said, `That's a lot of money!'" With the U.S. economy in a ditch, money transfer agencies have been reporting a decline... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283038/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 04:49:09 GMT