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TakeALeftTurn

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8. Exactly

Reply to SoCalDem (Reply #7)

Fri May 31, 2013, 08:05 AM

May 2013

The quality of the jobs being lost vs the quality of the jobs being created has become even more important than the bare up and down numbers.

Well paid jobs are being lost.
Large numbers of part time, minimum wage and low paid jobs are being created.

There are still 131,000 more full time jobs than there were at the start of the year.
But that's only 32,000 a month.
And probably more than half of those are low paid.

See this
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/business/majority-of-new-jobs-pay-low-wages-study-finds.html?_r=1&

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Disposable incomes continue their relentless decline - down over $50bn so far this year [View all] TakeALeftTurn May 2013 OP

kr HiPointDem May 2013 #1

Finally. A President and Congress that can stand up to special interests like the middle class. MannyGoldstein May 2013 #2

Indeed. Fearless May 2013 #19

Blankfein Turbineguy May 2013 #3

Is there a source for "new regulations killing stat-ups" that isn't Heritage Foundation? JHB May 2013 #4

That is why I couched it with "reasons given" TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #5

I know that the Heritage Foundation is a right wing Neocon think tank TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #6

And you probably won't hear anybody talking about it, especially the Reich-wing. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #10

All of what you say is true TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #11

Part of the Big Squeeze. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #12

no capital, no market. HiPointDem May 2013 #15

It's also the quality of the jobs SoCalDem May 2013 #7

Exactly TakeALeftTurn May 2013 #8

and the hit to the family is immeasurable as well SoCalDem May 2013 #9

Well what we need ctsnowman May 2013 #13

and that's exactly what we're going to get!! isn't that great!! they're expanding h1b visas and HiPointDem May 2013 #17

I feel your pain. ctsnowman Jun 2013 #23

Disposable Income? 4Q2u2 May 2013 #14

k/r marmar May 2013 #16

should we expect anything less og1 May 2013 #18

Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin May 2013 #20

Welcome to DU, are you equating the Bushs with the Clintons? Have you been on DU uppityperson May 2013 #21

Sorry, TakeALeftTurn, I think your left turn was just to keep you mountain grammy May 2013 #22