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IcyPeas

(21,857 posts) Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:21 PM Sep 2020

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1.4 million jobs added. HOWEVER...

The headline is the economy added 1.4 million new jobs in August.

However, one in six of those jobs added were from the hiring of 238,000 temporary 2020 Census workers.

The number of permanent job losses increased to 3.4 million.

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1.4 million jobs added. HOWEVER... (Original Post) IcyPeas Sep 2020 OP

Wonder how many are contact tracers, covid test administrators Sucha NastyWoman Sep 2020 #1

...after losing 40 Million jobs in April. Totally Tunsie Sep 2020 #2

Yet some of the pollsters are giving dotard higher marks on this.. that is just BS!! Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #3

Four different Census takers came to my place over the past week intrepidity Sep 2020 #4

Sucha NastyWoman

(2,747 posts)

1. Wonder how many are contact tracers, covid test administrators

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:27 PM

Sep 2020

Or other temporary pandemic related jobs?

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)

2. ...after losing 40 Million jobs in April.

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:30 PM

Sep 2020

Somehow, they always forget to mention that figure.

Thekaspervote

(32,754 posts)

3. Yet some of the pollsters are giving dotard higher marks on this.. that is just BS!!

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:32 PM

Sep 2020

intrepidity

(7,294 posts)

4. Four different Census takers came to my place over the past week

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat Sep 5, 2020, 12:00 AM

Sep 2020

I'd say the Census *does* account for lots of those jobs!

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