Discussion: Economy Adds 151,000 Jobs In August, Unemployment Remains At 4.9 Percent

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Economy Adds 151,000 Jobs In August, Unemployment Remains At 4.9 Percent Economy Adds 151,000 Jobs In August, Unemployment Remains At 4.9 Percent Back to article
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WHHAAAAT?? That damn Obama.

Worst. Socialist. Communist. Marxist. Ever.

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Ho hum. More record-breaking good news from a Democratic president. Bury it in the economy section.

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Thank you, President Obama.

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Expect conserva-tools to invent Yet Another new statistic that explains why the low unemployment is a SMOKESCREEN for how HORRIBLY BAD WRONG BADWRONG BADONG this TRICKLE-UP POVERTY CASINO ECONOMY POOR POORS HAVE NO POOR JOBS is…

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Month after month adding,adding ,adding jobs. Nice. A reminder:

"AVERAGE NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED PER MONTH BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION: 20,000

AVERAGE NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED PER MONTH BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION EXCLUDING THE DISASTROUS LAST YEAR: 65,000

NUMBER OF MONTHS IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IN WHICH THERE WERE 500,000 OR MORE JOBS CREATED: 0. "

http://www.businessinsider.com/number-of-jobs-created-per-month-by-george-bush-2012-5

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Wow TPM!!

Thanks for this in-depth analysis of this news story!

/eyeroll

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B-b-b-but Labor Participation Rates, U-6, $19 trillion!

Ben Ghazi Fist Bump! Brown Mustard! Whitey Tape!

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Well, sure, but if you include all those layabout high-school kids and disabled octogenarians and fetuses, the unemployment rate is like 104%. Study it out, sheeple.

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