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Skriven 2005-08-27 12:54:00 av Jeff Binkley (1:226/600)
     Kommentar till en text av Bob Sakowski
Ärende: More bad news for democra
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BS> BS>Bush Approval Rating Continues to Drop
BS> BS>President Bush's job approval rating is now at 40%, the lowest of
BS> BS>his administration.

BS> JB> And unemployment is is continuing to drop.  Which is more
BS> JB> important to average Joe American ?

BS>I just noticed "Gallop" Poll...  Perhaps I was influenced by the fact
BS>that Bush's numbers are dropping as fast as a runaway horse.
BS>Anyway...

BS>Where do you think the polls come from?  Perhaps Joe American is
BS>tired of having to work 2 or three jobs (as is his spouse) in order
BS>to make ends meet.  

BS>Part of the problem with the job numbers is that job creation is not
BS>even covering the new workers entering the workplace each year.
BS>That being the case, what scenario provides for more people entering
BS>the workforce than there are jobs added yet the unemployment rate
BS>keeps going down?  Think about where the jobless number data  comes
BS>from, Jeff.

BS>This number discrepency is really not a democrat or republican
BS>problem Jeff but a data collection problem.  The numbers do not
BS>reflect those who have collected the maximum unemployment benefits
BS>and are no longer counted among the unemployed by the appropriate
BS>state agengies.  What I am suggesting that unemployment numbers are
BS>understated by a factor of 1.5-2 and that is regardless of who is in
BS>the White House.

Actually the houeshold survey catches more people working than the 
employer survey numbers.  What the current, most quoted report, misses 
are self-employed people.  So the actual number of unemployed is likely 
much lower than the numbers published.


BS>Neither democrats or republicans have seen fit to try and account for
BS>those who have passed through the system without being able to find
BS>gainful employment.  As I said, this is not a democrat or republican
BS>problem, it is an American problem from it is they who are getting
BS>the shaft in the long run.

I see.  Spoken like a bitter person.


BS>Back to the new jobs for a moment, the majority of new jobs created
BS>are in the government, followed by the personal service sector
BS>(household help, housekeeping staff at hotels, etc.) and regular
BS>service industry jobs.  Jobs in the industrial or technical sectors
BS>are at the far bottom of the list. 

Untrue.  But don't let this stop a good rant.  

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

Of course in the past creating the TSA did add a couple of million 
government jobs.  We are working to fix this.


BS>Anyway, that's my $0.02 worth.

You sign your party's line well without providing anything new.  Not 
sure that is worth $.02 right now because I can listen to any leftwing 
pundit and hear the same line of crap.  Funny that I don't recall any of 
them speaking this way in the 90's.


Jeff

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