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14. 1% to 2% Growth in the US Economy Does Not Keep Pace With New Workers Looking For Jobs

Sat Mar 9, 2013, 12:50 PM

Mar 2013

In other words, all the unemployed workers have ever more competition.

Slow growth is no growth at the worker level.

One again, only the 1% benefit.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] bigtree Mar 2013 OP

More Happy Talk - Only The 1% Are Doing Well - That Was True Before The Market Run Up cantbeserious Mar 2013 #1

You cantbeserious. (Sorry, couldn't help it.) randome Mar 2013 #3

The Economy Has Yet To Replace All The Jobs Lost In 2008 cantbeserious Mar 2013 #8

these numbers reflect gains for more than the 1% bigtree Mar 2013 #4

Cause part of economic growth is the willingness of people to spend nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #6

Walmart - The Store Everyone Hates - Had A Terrible February cantbeserious Mar 2013 #9

maybe it's Walmart's anti-worker stance bigtree Mar 2013 #10

Surely - One Noted That The Payroll Tax Increased by 2% In January - Cause And Effect cantbeserious Mar 2013 #12

gas prices also increased in the same period bigtree Mar 2013 #15

Spending By US Business Is Of Little Relevance - Consumers Make Up 66% Of The US Economy cantbeserious Mar 2013 #16

I didn't mean spending by businesses - spending by consumers IN those businesses bigtree Mar 2013 #20

Walmart's 'terrible February' numbers beat the next three largest retailers gross sales....combined. Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #17

Still Indicates That The Economy Is Struggling cantbeserious Mar 2013 #18

One data point does not a trend make. Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #19

Not Seeing The Trend In The Baltic Dry Index cantbeserious Mar 2013 #44

I thought we were discussing domestic economic matters. Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #45

You Brought Up Shipping = The Baltic Dry Index Is Considered A Bell Weather Shipping Metric cantbeserious Mar 2013 #46

walmart is bigger than the next largest three retailers combined, and more. so no surprise. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #47

Amazing that regular tax payers can take a hit to the wallet iemitsu Mar 2013 #2

Politicians have been purchased jsr Mar 2013 #5

that's what happened (more or less) in the Clinton years bigtree Mar 2013 #7

Dr Doom Predicts Slow Growth Continues cantbeserious Mar 2013 #11

growth, nonetheless bigtree Mar 2013 #13

1% to 2% Growth in the US Economy Does Not Keep Pace With New Workers Looking For Jobs cantbeserious Mar 2013 #14

no one is suggesting that we're where we need to be bigtree Mar 2013 #21

See All Of The Additions To This Thread Below - All Happy Talk All The Time Is Not A Recovery cantbeserious Mar 2013 #26

Too Much Debt Means the Economy Can�t Grow: Reinhart and Rogoff dkf Mar 2013 #33

Wrong - Private Sector Debt Trumps Public Sector Debt By Far - Government Debt Is Not The Problem cantbeserious Mar 2013 #34

Well that is a scary chart. dkf Mar 2013 #36

The Point Is That Public Sector Debt Is Not The Problem As Many Claim cantbeserious Mar 2013 #37

That makes no sense as a counter to the argument that dkf Mar 2013 #40

Don't Be Fooled By Happy Talk cantbeserious Mar 2013 #22

Don't Believe The Happy Talk II cantbeserious Mar 2013 #23

Don't Believe The Happy Talk III - Unemployment rate 14.3% cantbeserious Mar 2013 #24

Don't Believe The Happy Talk IV cantbeserious Mar 2013 #25

The doom and gloom naysayers remind me of a famous LBJ quote graham4anything Mar 2013 #27

Don't Believe The Happy Talk V cantbeserious Mar 2013 #28

Once they limit unemployment benefits to 26 weeks, that will come down. FarCenter Mar 2013 #29

Supposition With No Proof cantbeserious Mar 2013 #30

Well it will be proven or disproven soon enough. dkf Mar 2013 #31

Well, It Is Easy Criticism To Suggest That People Don't Look Because Of Paltry Unemployment Benefits cantbeserious Mar 2013 #32

You could be proven wrong also. dkf Mar 2013 #35

Probably Not Based On The Trends And Reporting To Date cantbeserious Mar 2013 #38

Not collecting unemployment insurance may change the way they answer the interviewer's questions FarCenter Mar 2013 #39

spam much? bigtree Mar 2013 #41

Don't Know To What You Are Referring - Seems I Have Added The Most evidence To This Thread cantbeserious Mar 2013 #42

Don't Believe The Happy Talk VI cantbeserious Mar 2013 #43