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Two-Year Low: Unemployment Falls to 8.8%

Two Year Low: Unemployment Falls to 8.8%WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March and companies added workers at the fastest two-month pace since before the recession began.

The Labor Department says the economy added 216,000 new jobs last month, offsetting layoffs a local governments. Factories, retailers, education, health care and an array of professional and financial services expanded payrolls.

Private employers, the backbone of the economy, drove nearly all of the gains. They added 230,000 jobs last month, on top of 240,000 in February. It was the first time private hiring topped 200,000 in back-to-back months since 2006 – more than a year before the recession started.

The unemployment rate dipped from 8.9 percent in February to 8.8 percent in March. The rate has fallen a full percentage point over the last four months, the sharpest drop since 1983.

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  • Volsense
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:04am

    This administration is not only incompetent and corrupt, but is incapable of the truth. Goebells would be proud of the propaganda being distributed from the mainstream media.

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    • absolutely
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:33am

      This is truly an APRIL FOOLS joke. Cept they’ve been playing this bad joke for 3 Aprils now, that just makes it a sad, bad joke. Absolutely

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    • dawg of gawd
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:53am

      My job is to keep catapulting the propaganda.

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  • Rumsfeld
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:04am

    What kind of people would manipulate unemploment #s just to be re elected?? I’m living in Bizzaro world.

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  • entropy
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:02am

    The govt is a bunch of liars. I do not believe ONE WORD that comes out of that crowd. 8.8%-bologna.

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  • quicker
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:01am

    If it is it`s only temperay as here in Texas a lot of turn arounds are ending.

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  • Ironeagle
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:00am

    What a crock! “Now there are lies and damn statistics” The real number of unemployed is closer to 18.8%.

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  • Tyson
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:00am

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH!

    At this rate by November 2012 the rate will be 4.8%, are the people who beleive this b.s. delusional

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  • conservativemom99
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:59am

    Until next week…when the real numbers come out….but they won‘t adjust the percentage because it’s just so pretty…

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  • rambosharley
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:59am

    As long as they keep extending the unemployment benefits it will stay high!

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    • awizard
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:29am

      Not in my world rambo … I’ve looking everywhere I can think of … That includes other States, ANY other state. I’ve taken part time, temp, under the table, illegal (don’t tell my wife) … They don’t last, there are no “benefits”(another subject) There is no permanent work out there, uh unless you were “born and bred” to come in as a “Fully trained” dishwasher(minimum wage issue), Computer programmer( what language er, Current version?), machine operator(2011 model? [ten years experience]) … These numbers are BS, Obama’s in campaign mode, our country has been hijacked …

      I will survive, I’m sorta “old” I have resources … It’s just not the way life in this country WAS a few years ago …

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  • theunkown
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:58am

    Unemployment is not falling, many are tired of looking, we have a great leader that dosen’t his head of his ass.

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  • LindaB11
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:57am

    This is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE! Liberal math @ work again,
    15,000,000 jobs lost 10% unemployment minus the 216,000 added this month and 201,000 added last month keeping us @ a 9.2 – 9.5% unemployment = 14,583,000 still unemployed and we have an 8.8% now? Yet we’re still in the 300K a week applying for unemployment. Makes absolutely NO SENSE!

    http://nationaljournal.com/magazine/what-happened-to-15-million-u-s-jobs–20110121

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  • Tlc3Terry
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:57am

    Yeah these numbers are just like all the rest of them coming out of this admin! Bogus at best! Just like yesterday when they was saying “Oooopppps we mis counted the numbers last year we were only off by 1,000,000,000! NO big deal dont look over here! Their just trying to get the rate down to the 8% mark so the messiah can get reelected next year and they will do anything to get there!

    God Bless America

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  • rambosharley
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:57am

    8.8 unemployment is not good news. We all know that’s not the true number. The revised report will be out next month and noone will report it.

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  • dcwu
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:56am

    Uh huh. It‘s in Obama’s new metric octal number system.

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  • waitin42012
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:54am

    On April 9th, I will be one of those that are “no longer unemployed” because my unemployment ends. I guess when everyone runs out of their unemployment and the states also start cutting benefits, the unemployment numbers will look even better.

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    • jacobstroubles
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:21am

      An notice that they did as little as possible to really stimulate the business environment for small businesses. So funny what a scam. Revelations about to come out anyway…I dont think too many people will be laughing much, when it does… it will be the knee jerk reactionary anger they have been looking to elicit, so they can put a form of martial law into place.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:17am

      This speaks to one of the disappointments from the left. The “99ers” UeBenefits expired. The R‘s wouldn’t vote to pass with them in the bill and it wasn‘t done by the D’s.

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  • FedupinFlorida2
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:54am

    Just keep saying to yourself, I Believe, I Believe, I Believe. It worked for a young Natalie Wood in Miracle on 34th Street.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:00am

      Yea and then she drowned, does Obama have a cruise on his vacation schedule?

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  • Comeandtakeit
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:53am

    April fool! This one is an obvious joke! One only wishes it was true. It’s a cinch the books will get cooked before the election by this bogus bunch running the gubmint, though.

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  • Jeweltoo
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:48am

    Even my dog doesn’t believe this bunch of propaganda. How convenient that the numbers are dropping for the President right before election time. I guess all the people, who are out of work and have completely given up looking for work, will find a job now. April Fool is right!

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    • raspberrytea
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:53am

      By election day, the dems will be say’n
      It’s the lowest in history!!

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  • tired of taxes
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:47am

    The same people who determine this figure are the same ones who tell us their is no inflation. And who determined that food and gasoline are not included in calculating inflation.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:28am

      TIREDOFTAXES? You just may want to chat with porkulous-pro Darrell Issa (R) who will be using some of your money to benefit his businesses. Oversight Committee Chairmanship sure has it’s benefits ;^)

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:47am

    This is more smoke and mirrors from Obama.

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    • wtd
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:04am

      When these fictitious employment figures are released, do they really believe they will convince the unemployed population that the economy is improving? Do these manipulators really think they are convincing the unemployed to repeat their mistake of voting for Obama again?

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    • starman70
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:02am

      I bet that 16,000 hires are for the Internal Revenue Service, hired to pry into business taxes and “ENFORCE” Obamacare. The rest are just more government employees padding the rolls of nanny state enforcers.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:42am

      WTD
      Inexplicably, I think this stuff works on a certain percentage of voters, it must or they wouldn’t keep doing it would they?

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  • grandmaof5
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:45am

    They will correct that figure up next week like they usually do – oops we forgot _______ (fill in the blank).

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:49am

      Yes grandma and somehow the love struck press will forget to mention it.

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    • drbage
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:49am

      Yes, the corrections are always on page 2, but the media never get to that page. However, riddle me this “government experts:” on Thursday, you announce that the number of first time claimants for unemployment rose and on Friday, the unemployment rate fell. Is this an oxymoron or am I a moron who is too stupid to understand your logic?

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    • Oh, God!
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:16am

      Yeah, I think those numbers are ‘funny numbers’. I have been looking for a job for two years, nothing out there. Also, did they take into account all those people on extended unemployment benefits that have probably run out? The last extension was all political (actually they all were), but the liberals knew that by extending the last one, by this year these people would fall off, therefore the numbers would look good right before the campaigns begin. I will wait until next week for the so-called real numbers to be revised.

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    • Bullcop34
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:37am

      My thoughts too, DRBAGE, with over 380 thousand new unemployment claims and only 216 thousand new jobs, just how does that make the percentage of unemployed go down? They did this last time and I pray people just aren’t that stupid. Heck, my 2nd grader can figure this out.

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  • crichton
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:44am

    april fools!!

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:42am

    Gallup will have the real number some time today or Monday.

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  • brntout
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:42am

    And that’s really a sign that our economy is rebounding? Pathetic numbers.

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  • Cemoto78
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:41am

    I wonder what the real number is, not the propaganda numbers given out by the liars in Washington D.C.

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    • quicker
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:03am

      Closer to 20%

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    • jacobstroubles
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:16am

      visit: http://www.shadowstats.com/
      The numbers from the BLS have been a complete, total fabricated lie.
      You will now see them really cook the books on this and other things, they are cranking up the
      fog machine so you all feel really warm and fuzzy about the return of “the promised” economy.

      The US is about to find out the truth on somethings, like for instance..who that thing is which sits in the wh. Many things about to be revealed.

      There is more about his bc, than just not being a US born citizen, that he does not want revealed.

      Time is short, get your affairs with GOD in order.

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    • abc
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 5:54pm

      So the numbers at NBER are also false? I don’t think so. Even if they are understating total unemployment, the direction is what the market keys off of, and that is clearly moving in the right direction. To doubt that an employment recovery is underway, although anemic, is to fail to stay in reality. Is it that important to maintain your conservative narrative that you cannot handle facts???

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  • smithclar3nc3
    Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:41am

    Who and Where?

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    • joe conservative
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:47am

      How does the rate keep dropping when people are not finding jobs? It’s more like they are dropping off the unemployment roles. Why even keep track if they are just going to manipulate the numbers anyway? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=619wI12Ky20

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:53am

      Yep, by the end of this year the unemployment rate will have dropped significantly below 8%. Obumanomics will be the miracle of the century by 2012. You can take it to the bank.

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    • ISeeDanger.com
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:58am

      The way they collect the data is not a true reflection on the actual job market. Phone calls are made and surveys are taken. There is no, “automated” way to get the REAL numbers. People that are “giving up” are not counted in the numbers as “unemployed”.
      The “markets” will like the news and look for a strong day. However, the reality of the US economy will hit soon. I wish it were better, but we are going to have to face the music at some point.

      http://www.ISeeDanger.com

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    • Whostolemypig
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:06am

      LOL, and we are to believe that everything is just rosy. Try telling that to people I know that have been out of work for 2 years. Not lazy bums but people that spend EVERY day looking for work. Try telling it to all those that are under employed, taking part time jobs that high school kids would normally take. Then wonder why the kids are on the streets causing trouble. Up yours Obama and that black and that white spotted pony you rode in on. If we got down to the cold had numbers only half of Americans are working.

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    • 28_ID
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:08am

      Ditto. I think the regime is cooking the numbers.

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    • jacobstroubles
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:11am

      The truth about this, and bho are about to be revealed.
      Stand by… you’ll soon be waking up in the morning, to a place you USED to call America.

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    • weeblewacker1
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:15am

      well,well,looks like Obama’s policies are working! stocks are up,jobs coming back! 4 more years!

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    • RoguePatriot
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:19am

      Oh we would of so been out of this recession if the Democrats would of not thrown money at it!

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    • RoguePatriot
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:23am

      Obamas policies are not working. Lets see, oh that is right if it were not for the terrible republicans making him compromise on the tax cuts there would be more lost jobs. He has not passed a stimulus, or thrown money at the recession in quite a while which we all know if you leave recessions alone and let them run their natural cycle we would be out of them in 2 years tops. No the natural cycle of things is making him like like a economic genius, I don’t think so. See, us intelligent folks know the truth!

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:24am

      Just another cruel April fools joke brought to you by Washington D.C..

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    • wildjoker5
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:25am

      Since the tax cut extention, the unemployment rate has dropped by a full % point. Stop complaining and look and say the REPUBLICANS were right. Lower taxes = job creation in the private sector.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:32am

      Really? Where?

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    • cessna152
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:34am

      28_ID
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:08am

      Ditto. I THINK the regime is cooking the numbers.
      ______________________________________________________________________

      I KNOW the regime is cooking the numbers… there, fixed!

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    • kreese
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:36am

      Kryponite—-If Obama still has a 41% approval rate, Who are these people? Is this country really that dumb!

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    • ltb
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:54am

      The unemployment numbers released by the Labor Department are meaningless, because they are a lie. Needless to say, it‘s in the best interest of Obama’s Labor Secretary to convince Americans that the economy is getting better. According to Gallup, which has the most reliable figures, the unemployment rate is still rising and hit 10.3% in February (the underemployment rate is 19.9%).

      http://www.gallup.com/poll/146453/gallup-finds-unemployment-hitting-february.aspx

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:56am

      If you blieve that…You are an UTTER fool.

      The admin cooks the books. I know it because I was privy to what they do. It’s more like 19.7% right now…

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    • tifosa
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:57am

      A summary of some of the polls is here. Even Rasmussen puts him above 41 ;) Keep in mind that a percentage of the dis-approvals reflect displeasure from the left that he has caved too much to the right.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:05am

      http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.com/contests/us-approval-obama

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    • desertkid
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:08am

      Government math: 388,000 new claims just last week + 216,000 new jobs created just last month = unemployment going from 8.9% to 8.8%. Go figure.

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    • RoguePatriot
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:20am

      From the info that I have gathered from real federal numbers and combined state numbers the real unemployment rate is 18.9%, this includes the underemployed, those who quit looking, and those who are just plain out of work and those drawing unemployment! Many of the unemployed do not draw unemployment! I work in a state capital as a Federal legislation and state legislation researcher and this is a real unbiased number!

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:31am

      Right, just like the Economy is better than ever.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:39am

      Kreese: If Obama still has a 41% approval rate, Who are these people?
      ——-
      Kreese,
      They are socialized jackazzes whose national anthem lyrics have been transformed to, “O’er the land of the freeloaders, and the home of the slaves.”

      Notice that “freeloaders” lacks rhythm and doesn’t rhyme.

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    • gapch68
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:48am

      Well, this will be the number until they have to readjust it in a couple of weeks like all the rest of the rosey reports they put out. Put out a positive number and several weeks later readjust it to the real, not so rosey number, to be reported in a blip on page 6G. Rrrriiiight!

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    • sonnetswan
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:27am

      The 99er’s are dropping off of unemployment. This began in December. At least 1 in 5 people are unemployed.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:43am

      I heard yesterday that unemployment in the Atlanta area had fallen to 10.4 percent, down from 10.7 percent.

      Is “8.8 percent” an April Fool’s joke?

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:45am

      @weeblewacker1
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:15am
      well,well,looks like Obama’s policies are working! stocks are up,jobs coming back! 4 more years!
      ~~~~~
      You are either joking or smoking!

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    • Kurty C Wipe
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:50am

      @ KREESE…the 41% comes from the 47% that pay no federal tax. Work, make 11k for the year, get back 4k because of 3 kids from 3 different fathers.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:59am

      These are the Cass Sunstein approved propaganda numbers, in two weeks they will have been revised and we shall know the truth. My guess, TRUE unemployment runs at about 15-17%, horrific.

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:00pm

      It is a great day in the USA

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    • restorehope
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:44pm

      Sorry, don’t trust these numbers. This admin likes to use stats that make things look rosey, and then we later find out they were inaccurate. Look at their estimates on the healthcare bill if you need an example. Instead of believing their numbers, just talk to your family, friends and neighbors to learn the truth on how bad things are

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    • colonial10
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 1:44pm

      I believe nothing coming from the department of Labor. I know how to falsify numbers. They trained me well in the military. Until I put my foot down and left. Actually I believe nothing coming from any government entity. They manipulate numbers, it’s easier for them to do that so they can keep their comfy and cozy jobs.

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    • chexfive
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 2:16pm

      I went to a job fair at my college yesterday, it was a total waste of time, gas and money.
      I talked to several large companies that claim they will be hiring a lot of people in the next 3 to 6 months. The only problem is, they can’t tell you how many, what jobs will be available or what positions will be open. They can’t tell you exactly when the hiring will be taking place or anything that a person would need to know about getting a job, so why are they having a job fair, it doesn’t make sense.

      I also talked to another thirty something college student that went to a job fair at NC state a couple months ago, and he said he got a little more details but he said it seemed the companies are more interested in the new graduates and the pay was very low compared to historic pay ranges in these fields. He talked to the same companies I talked to yesterday and he said he basically got the same information which was basically nothing.

      All they wanted people to do is go online and offer all your information for free, even though they can not tell you anything about getting a job. Of course I talked to several classmates including me that had put their online applications in for months, we went because that is the only way to get any face time with a company these days. I think the internet was the worst thing ever for finding a job, and now they have all these test and personality test that have nothing to do with the job. I had one test that ask me if I thought it was ok to steal from the company, fight a co worker over a disagreement, take products because I felt I was being under compensated and about 20 other questions like this. What a freaking world we live in, sometimes I think the internet is the worst thing that could have happened to the industry.

      I believe they are getting some kind of credit or gov funds for doing these job fairs, the only companies I talked to that were actually hiring anyone is the medical field, and I was told there are a lot of people in the med field that are retiring, so that makes jobs open.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 5:07pm

      Isn’t it wild how a tenth of a point drop makes people dirty themselves?

      It‘s not even outside the margin of error for God’s sakes?!?!?

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    • abc
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 5:48pm

      Here is a nice comparison for the conservatives who blog here and who only listen to other conservatives: US vs. UK.

      The UK did all the things guys like Niall Fergusson said that they should do. They entered an austerity program, they avoided the larger stimulus program undertaken in the US, they resisted raising taxes but just cut spending, they reduced public union powers and cut lots of government workers. The result? They are experiencing a double-dip recession with GDP flagging and unemployment rising.

      The US did all of the things that Paul Krugman said that they should do, although more slowly and in smaller steps that he would have done. They used the federal government to deficit spend, they had the Fed rescue the banks, they flooded the crisis with cheap money, they used stimulus spending, they send money to the states to protect employment both in the private and public sectors. Niall Fergusson warned two years ago that this would certainly lead to hyperinflation very quickly. it hasn’t. Instead, the US is slowly returning to sustainable growth. Granted, it will take a lot of time to come out of this crisis, just as every other 90 year flood has taken on average 7 years to recover from.

      But make no mistake. The conservatives got this one wrong. And the Keynesians and progressives got it right. Fiscal discipline is important, but you don’t undertake it when your economy is on the ropes. That is the quickest recipe for disaster. Just look at the US in 1937. Or the UK today. Thank God it was the US and not the UK that chose to listen to the smart guys.

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    • abc
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 5:51pm

      And to those who argue that the tax cut extension was the reason. You are fooling yourself. There is no corresponding improvement in the economy that correlates with changes or extensions in tax policy. However, the implementation of the stimulus package marked the bottom of the stock market and the moment that the second order change in employment turned positive. You can only credit taxes if you are not looking at the data. Ignorance is bliss for Republicans. Thankfully, we had Democrats who use empirical data to make smart policy decisions. No wonder Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s Republican partner, wrote in his most recent shareholder letter that we should thank God we had the leadership we did during this crisis.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:17pm

      What makes this all the worse is that EVERY SINGLE radio station (including talk radio) is reporting this fraudulent numbers during their news break segments! Same with ALL of the TV stations as well! The actual figures are 10% unemployment and 19% under employment!

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    • realindependent
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:36pm

      No thanks to the republicorps in congress. They ran on jobs jobs jobs… and all they have done is piss and moan about deficeits and passed bills about abortion and defunding big bird. way to go republicorps showing you can’t govern never have never will…

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    • realindependent
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:44pm

      We are a consumer based economy any expert will tell you, and when the companies werent hiring and just laying off thousands of people. with no income coming in.. the only way to fix the problem was the government to spendmoney. just after the great recession the government did the new deal, built highways and brodges and libraries. Same thing happened republicans started scraming about the defecit so the president started to stop the spending and the unemployement started going up and he quickly stated spending again then WW2 started and we made our way out of it. history always repeats itself. Just like Mcarthy screaming about comunism.. Glen is the macarthy of today but instead of just communists, its communist,atheists, and muslims… fear sells and you republicorps are buying.. Not me i believe in America. I love America. You guys are the ones rooting against America cause you hate this president, for what ever reasons. Iwhatever he does you say the opposite. and thats why you guys are gonna get your arses handed to you in 2012…

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:44pm

      Let me tell my neighbor who is still unemployed in NY!

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    • jbl8199
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:13pm

      These jobs are just numbers on a piece of paper. They need to start adding some “real world jobs” because that’s what keeps the economy going, not these imaginary government jobs.

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:17pm

      Wow, one whole tenth of one percent. Look guys the stimulus worked! Hurrah, we are all out of the woods, lets go spend some more money. The sad part is that they miss the 150k workers that you have to employ each month, TO BREAK EVEN. So, this is the FIRST month of creating net jobs, and right as the gas is going up and we will have to raise interest rates. Anyone want to guess where we go from here? “Down, down, down to the bottom of the sea to visit Sponge Bob and his friend Sandy.“ To quote Cramer ”They know NOTHING”!

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    • Kalish
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:39pm

      kreese saiid :
      If Obama still has a 41% approval rate, Who are these people? Is this country really that dumb!

      Yes, those 41% are really that dumb

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    • Kalish
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:46pm

      kreese said :
      If Obama still has a 41% approval rate, Who are these people? Is this country really that dumb!

      Oh and the 41% are mostly blacks, and hispanics to an extent, and young white liberal voters that have swallowed the lies that they have been brainwashed by their teachers in college, and the media, and you can add white soccer moms into that mix as a small portion, and white men as a smaller portion. I tried to list them in order of highest percentage

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    • Kalish
      Posted on April 2, 2011 at 1:02pm

      From the labor dept :

      In March, employment in the service-providing sector continued to expand, led
      by a gain of 78,000 in professional and business services. Most of the gain
      occurred in temporary help services (+29,000) and in professional and technical
      services (+35,000).

      Health care employment continued to increase in March (+37,000).
      Employment in leisure and hospitality rose by 37,000 over the month, with more than
      two-thirds of the increase in food services and drinking places (+27,000)

      Job gains were concentrated in two durable goods industries–fabricated metal products (+8,000)
      and machinery (+5,000).

      So sounds like temp, jobs and some union jobs (health care, metal, machinery) and “drinking place” yea people are probably out drinking because they cant find a job ! I wonder how many peoples unemployment ran out, and did they factor in the amount of people that just quit looking for jobs.

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