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GetRidOfThem

(869 posts) Sat Dec 7, 2019, 08:00 AM Dec 2019

I wonder about that great job boom everybody is talking about... [View all]

In the case you missed it, we are supposedly going a through a jobs boom, unemployment is at 3.5%, and it is all an achievement that Agent Orange wants to capitalize on.

I wonder if those numbers are doctored. I would not put it past time to lean on the statistitians/economists, offering them loss of a job unless they paint a rosy picture...

Am I too paranoid?

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I wonder about that great job boom everybody is talking about... [View all] GetRidOfThem Dec 2019 OP

No True Blue American Dec 2019 #1

+1000 Sherman A1 Dec 2019 #2

it is the economists' prediction I am worried about... GetRidOfThem Dec 2019 #7

How many of those jobs Ohiogal Dec 2019 #3

They don't! True Blue American Dec 2019 #15

I wonder too Sanity Claws Dec 2019 #4

It all depends what field one is in madville Dec 2019 #6

Those are the jobs that True Blue American Dec 2019 #16

There is this, too.... if the economy slows down, there will be less demand for the trades. nt albacore Dec 2019 #19

Depends True Blue American Dec 2019 #22

Simple explanation from the UK that makes sense here too.... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #5

Certainly don't trust job numbers uttered directly by trump, but I think BLS reports are reasonably Hoyt Dec 2019 #8

Thank you for pointing out to me... GetRidOfThem Dec 2019 #9

Wage increases have exceeded inflation, that's a good thing although nothing to get excited about. Hoyt Dec 2019 #10

Uhm, starting pay hasn't increased for many jobs in over a decade... Humanist_Activist Dec 2019 #14

The link says "real" wages have barely budged. If it's the same type job, not sure Hoyt Dec 2019 #17

Walmart True Blue American Dec 2019 #20

You are not paranoid enough. The fact that the MSM uses it mechanically, and reflexively, to rebut Anon-C Dec 2019 #11

Trump doesnt deserve credit for the good economy. Joe941 Dec 2019 #12

100% True Blue American Dec 2019 #23

As far as I'm aware of, unemployment numbers only count those collecting unemployment and looking... Humanist_Activist Dec 2019 #13

People are acting like this jobs report will matter Johnny2X2X Dec 2019 #18

About that "booming economy"..... albacore Dec 2019 #21

The revised the last numbers significantly. I remember Bush time we would get one set of #s Lexee Dec 2019 #24