Discussion: US Gains 215,000 Jobs In March, Unemployment Rises To 5 Percent

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Good job, Mr. President, except the rule is only GOP presidents create jobs, not Dem ones… and certainly not Kenyan ones.

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Year over Year change in number of Private Payroll jobs created…2.681 million jobs…

57th consecutive month the Year over Year change has been above 2 million jobs…last business cycle
saw only 17 consecutive months of yoy 2 million plus gains…

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"Sluggish wage growth has been a weak spot in the economy and a source of frustration for many workers since the Great Recession ended in 2009. "

Sluggish wage growth has been a weak spot in the economy and a source of frustration for many workers since the mid-1970’s.

FIFY

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the only bright spot to republican obstructionism and insistence on austerity, is that the spickets of government spending haven’t yet been turned on fully, specifically speaking of infrastructure.

with the economic recovery so far despite GOP obstruction, it is really teed up for adding the governments side to really get things moving.

this is reason #9467 we need to win 2016 and we all need to cut the shit regarding attacking each other over our prefrences in the primary (alas, candidates themselves will do what they do)

Not everyone is a Bernie bro or Hill-not because they feel strongly an advocate that way. (no doubt they exist to some degree)

the long, closer than expected campaign, a candidate holding on despite not impossible but improbable to overcome delegate deficit, and some discomfort and attacks and strife between two sides of the party is very similar to 2008. that worked out fine, actually beneficial IMO.

we are all voting for the same person in November (regardless of venting of frustration over the course of the campaign, from both sides). I think we all chill a bit.

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Why are we throwing that ladder away? That looks like a perfectly good ladder.

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Yeah, but imagine how good things would be if there was a Republican in the Oval Office!!11!!1ONE!!11

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That graph should be plastered wall to wall across America this fall. Will Dems do it? Nope.

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Not only that, but the Employment/Population Ratio is UP UP UP!!!

Where is @darcy when yawanna gloat?!! :innocent:

This is the stuff that has kept him up all night with worry, for yyeeeaaaarrrrs!

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I am surprised to find out that “spicket” is at least a semi-real word.

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Cat! There you are. Was over annoying the Hillary crowd. Real ‘cat’ fighting going on today! My arms got tired though, stirring the pot as much as I did.

Jeebus, you’re adding graphs now in your attempt to make a point. Fancy that.

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I saw you over there giving the Hillarians hell. Yer slowing down @darcy! in yer old age. You call that stirring the pot? Didn’t even get a rise out of chammy! :joy:

You know I’ve been worried about you and all your sleepless nights tossing and turning about all those people who feel like they are underemployed!

Think of it! Now you won’t have to quote the U-6 when everyone else is talking U-3 and I won’t get to accuse you of sophistry! So there’s that! :blush: :tropical_drink: :birthday: :tada: :sparkles:

Life is good, and getting better, my friend.

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“Life is good, and getting better, my friend.”

That’s really good to hear you say that.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Søren Kierkegaard

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