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dicksmc3

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16. Ronnie Raygun is the blame

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 11:34 AM

Aug 2013

You are dead on with your comment. And, if others find it hard to see the reason, they need to look no farther than the administration of the FAIR-HAIRED CLOWN RONNIE RAYGUN!!! His policies are still hurting after 30+ years.

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Most Of The New Jobs Were Part-Time [View all] brentspeak Aug 2013 OP

part-time, no benefits, and how many of them were of that horrid "on-call" variety? niyad Aug 2013 #1

One DUer said that many places only schedule you a few hours, expecting you to be 'on call' CrispyQ Aug 2013 #7

And no compete clauses itsrobert Aug 2013 #11

Welcome to the new slave economy, I guess. AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #30

thats horrible Liberal_in_LA Aug 2013 #70

The REAL unemployment rate comes from the U6 figures matthews Aug 2013 #17

You just provided a government number. nt Lucky Luciano Aug 2013 #18

Yeah I did. The REAL one they should be using matthews Aug 2013 #29

yeah kardonb Aug 2013 #34

bright side? warrprayer Aug 2013 #40

If you only clap hard enough, Tinkerbell doesn't DIE!!! bvar22 Aug 2013 #42

What bright side? tumtum Aug 2013 #43

Are you nuts? People who are living these statistic have no bright side to look at. matthews Aug 2013 #48

"you folks" Skittles Aug 2013 #50

certainly you forgot the sarcasm icon, because you could not possibly have posted this seriously. niyad Aug 2013 #57

How about some compassion for the millions who are condemned to Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #58

the poster demonstrates a complete lack of compassion niyad Aug 2013 #66

Monty Python summed this up pretty well neverforget Aug 2013 #68

Even the U6 figures are undercounted by 50%. leveymg Aug 2013 #55

I'm sure the U6 undercounted, I just wouldn't have any idea by how much matthews Aug 2013 #56

Here's a BLS paper that describes the undercounting of the long-term unemployed. leveymg Aug 2013 #61

To be fair, part-timers will have Obamacare David Krout Aug 2013 #49

Yep, that fact is always ignored by Neo-DU. nt tridim Aug 2013 #53

If they can afford it Yo_Mama Aug 2013 #59

but that isn't an actual benefit of the job. enjoy your stay. niyad Aug 2013 #62

OP said no benefits David Krout Aug 2013 #65

oh, dear, having a bit of difficulty following, are we? the post to which you were replying was niyad Aug 2013 #67

AND they'll be eligible for Food stamps! Vanje Aug 2013 #69

Off to greatest with you! Anyone who's been paying attention to the job market raccoon Aug 2013 #2

That second article is exactly what my daughter was finding. snappyturtle Aug 2013 #3

And these temp jobs shanti Aug 2013 #32

+1....Amazon here I come! Safetykitten Aug 2013 #4

The 'Walmart-ization' of our economy. earthside Aug 2013 #5

This has been happening for many years. And even many of the full-time jobs are contract work. SharonAnn Aug 2013 #6

And our party want even speak of the issue. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #36

The trend is due to the fact that they can. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #15

Ronnie Raygun is the blame dicksmc3 Aug 2013 #16

reagan made greed and idiocy fashionable Skittles Aug 2013 #52

Obamacare is just the latest excuse. AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #28

Yes, now this is correct as they have their 2015 gig now. But greed works off the clock. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #38

DURec leftstreet Aug 2013 #8

One day in the future, one of our DU people will have a visit from HR.... Safetykitten Aug 2013 #9

7.6% - 7.4% = +0.2% millennialmax Aug 2013 #10

please expound on this Sheepshank Aug 2013 #13

My applause was sincere. I'm pleased with this news. I'm not sure why you think it was a slam. eom millennialmax Aug 2013 #14

I apologize for misunderstanding Sheepshank Aug 2013 #39

.... warrprayer Aug 2013 #41

kick Safetykitten Aug 2013 #12

The first quarter of 2013 AgingAmerican Aug 2013 #19

The employers who are offering only part time work Shadowflash Aug 2013 #20

Why do you think they give even a little tiny shit about that? TheKentuckian Aug 2013 #22

So now they are free... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #37

I don't think business executives give a shit about what happens next quarter. winter is coming Aug 2013 #46

Typical corporate corner cutting. alp227 Aug 2013 #21

K&R MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #23

An old scam that worked well under Reagan. Take away good jobs, replace them with bullshit Catherina Aug 2013 #24

That's why I can't stand up and cheer at this news. AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #25

You see, there are the people still with full time jobs that post here. They don't get it. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #26

Oh, they get it. They just don't care. Skeeter Barnes Aug 2013 #54

And they pay less too! Welcome to the new economy. nt limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #27

Another thing shanti Aug 2013 #31

People with the jobs apparently do not see the ages of the people that wait on them, or help them.. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #33

That's IF you are over 55 and can even FIND a job at all. n/t duffyduff Aug 2013 #64

I substitute for a school district, both certified and classified employment, duffyduff Aug 2013 #63

Relatively speaking, that's a good thing... relatively speaking uponit7771 Aug 2013 #35

Another thing these companies are doing is bigdarryl Aug 2013 #44

The creation of part-time jobs is a big concern, ProSense Aug 2013 #45

That sucks but Im actually a bit surprised there were as many as 92,000 full-time jobs. DCBob Aug 2013 #47

The largest food company in the world told it's employees to get a second job. Rex Aug 2013 #51

You see the Daily Show last night? GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #60