Job growth picks up steam in July, far exceeds expectations

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7. Go Figure. Or, Don't Fall for the Spin.

From the BLS

Table A
Household Data
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

Employed
June 2012: 142,415
July 2012: 142,220
Change: -195

Unemployed
June 2012: 12,749
July 2012: 12,794
Change: +45

Unemployment rate
June 2012: 8.2
July 2012: 8.3
Change: +.1

In other words, don't fall for the spin. This is not a good unemployment report.
Imagine, we are still in a predicament where an alleged, 'seasonally adjusted' increase of 163,000 is being touted as "real progress".

Nothing will be worse for Pres. Obama and the Democrats than trying to tell Americans that everything is coming up roses -- when personal experience in everyday life tells folks that things are just plain not good. Crowing about minor ticks in employment will be counterproductive -- telling the American people the truth that corporate elites are screwing us and we all ought to be angry at their corruption and the Repuglican's complicity in this economic fiasco is what will rally voters to reject Romneyism.

More news ... unemployment was up in June in swing state Colorado:
Colorado jobless rate increases to 8.2 percent - July 20, 2012