Discussion: Economy Adds 211,000 Jobs In April, Unemployment Rate Falls To 4.4 Percent

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Economy Adds 211,000 Jobs In April, Unemployment Rate Falls To 4.4 Percent Economy Adds 211,000 Jobs In April, Unemployment Rate Falls To 4.4 Percent Back to article
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Thanks Pres. Obama. You will never get the full credit you deserve. The only economic downturn on your watch was the one you inherited from your predecessor. You left things way better than you found them.

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It looks like we’ll need to hire immigrants to fill the oncoming shortage of qualified workers. Immigrants are anxious to come here and work, and they contribute billions to local, regional and national economies. Seriously. the palate of global hi-tec companies in this nation need qualified, well educated employees to engineer and produce their products. Republicans don’t believe in funding a well educated citizenry, so we’re literally dependent on immigrants to fill the available jobs that our economy requires to function. Apparently, Republicans don’t think Americans are worth a good education. American service jobs are easily outsourced to foreign countries, while we need foreign workers to fill the highly technical jobs.

Of course, wages are still flat. That’s a positive for the GOP. Underemployment is now at the highest level its ever been. CEOs are getting richer. The GOP keeps cutting their taxes, and the middle class keeps getting smaller and smaller. It seems like the GOP Plan is working perfectly.

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Wait…

I don’t think I follow here. Because the winter was unseasonably warm consumers didn’t have to spend as much on heating, and this is why there was a slump?

Wouldn’t there be a increase in other spending if consumers were so confident in the economy and had extra money in their pocket? I don’t see how the incoming warm summer will suggest we’ll see a 3% gain in the economy.

Or are we really counting getting fucked sideways by utility bills as “economic health” and “consumer confidence in the economy” now, and not the price that is paid to not die of hypo/hyperthermia in my own damn home""

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It has been reported that tourism is down 17% yet, this report shows an increase of 55,000 increase in hospitality jobs.

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I wonder how many perfect storms began with a beautiful, sunny day.

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now I’m up to 17 hour days in order to make what iI did in a 8 hour day 5 years ago…

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The Obama economy continues to improve. Not that the GOP or Sanders fuckheads will admit it.

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