Comments on: Unemployment Rate Drops http://www.northescambia.com/2017/04/unemployment-rate-drops Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:45:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2017/04/unemployment-rate-drops/comment-page-1#comment-341399 David Huie Green Sun, 23 Apr 2017 04:59:48 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=284121#comment-341399 REGARDING: "I’ll bet the governor has never had a job (and been just over broke) in his life "Born in Bloomington, Illinois, he was raised in North Kansas City, Missouri, the second of five children in a lower middle-class, financially struggling family. His mother, Esther J., worked as a clerk at J.C. Penney, among other jobs. His parents divorced and, in 1954, his mother married Orba Scott, Jr., a truck driver." That isn't swimming in riches. "enlisted in the United States Navy, also in 1970. Scott was in the U.S. Navy for 29 months as a radar technician. Scott made his first foray into business while working his way through college and law school, initially buying and reviving a failing donut shop," So, yeah, he has done assorted real jobs, risked failure (and jail perhaps) David for Wikipedia for life's little questions REGARDING:
“I’ll bet the governor has never had a job (and been just over broke) in his life

“Born in Bloomington, Illinois, he was raised in North Kansas City, Missouri, the second of five children in a lower middle-class, financially struggling family. His mother, Esther J., worked as a clerk at J.C. Penney, among other jobs. His parents divorced and, in 1954, his mother married Orba Scott, Jr., a truck driver.”

That isn’t swimming in riches.

“enlisted in the United States Navy, also in 1970.
Scott was in the U.S. Navy for 29 months as a radar technician.
Scott made his first foray into business while working his way through college and law school, initially buying and reviving a failing donut shop,”

So, yeah, he has done assorted real jobs, risked failure (and jail perhaps)

David for Wikipedia
for life’s little questions

]]> By: anne 1of2 http://www.northescambia.com/2017/04/unemployment-rate-drops/comment-page-1#comment-341393 anne 1of2 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 01:04:21 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=284121#comment-341393 I'll bet the governor has never had a job (and been just over broke) in his life. Careers, yes. What is the count on those who have given up looking for work? Those numbers need to be counted. I’ll bet the governor has never had a job (and been just over broke) in his life. Careers, yes. What is the count on those who have given up looking for work? Those numbers need to be counted.

]]> By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2017/04/unemployment-rate-drops/comment-page-1#comment-341392 David Huie Green Sun, 23 Apr 2017 01:02:32 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=284121#comment-341392 REGARDING "If you have run out of unemployment benefits you are said to be “no longer looking for work” and you don’t count as unemployed." Nope. If you are not working and seeking employment, you are counted as being unemployed. AND "If you take a part time minimum wage job even though you are skilled and need full time work you are just as employed as a full time skilled worker." Yep. If you are employed, you are not counted as unemployed, even if you would prefer a better job -- like being a brain surgeon or movie star. David for being a runway model and other unlikely promotions REGARDING
“If you have run out of unemployment benefits you are said to be “no longer looking for work” and you don’t count as unemployed.”

Nope.
If you are not working and seeking employment, you are counted as being unemployed.

AND
“If you take a part time minimum wage job even though you are skilled and need full time work you are just as employed as a full time skilled worker.”

Yep.
If you are employed, you are not counted as unemployed, even if you would prefer a better job — like being a brain surgeon or movie star.

David for being a runway model
and other unlikely promotions

]]> By: Don Neese http://www.northescambia.com/2017/04/unemployment-rate-drops/comment-page-1#comment-341384 Don Neese Sat, 22 Apr 2017 17:42:25 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=284121#comment-341384 Almost Weekly I am asked by a business owner "do you know anyone over 50 that needs a job?" Finding an employee today who doesn't think his/her employer should work around their schedule is a rarity. During the depression men moved to logging camps just so they could eat. I'm afraid we're all a bit spoiled today, including me!!! Almost Weekly I am asked by a business owner “do you know anyone over 50 that needs a job?”
Finding an employee today who doesn’t think his/her employer should work around their schedule is a rarity.
During the depression men moved to logging camps just so they could eat.

I’m afraid we’re all a bit spoiled today, including me!!!

]]> By: Not Convinced http://www.northescambia.com/2017/04/unemployment-rate-drops/comment-page-1#comment-341378 Not Convinced Sat, 22 Apr 2017 13:23:08 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=284121#comment-341378 The fact is that the real unemployment rate is near depression levels and these numbers are at best misleading. If you have run out of unemployment benefits you are said to be "no longer looking for work" and you don't count as unemployed. If you take a part time minimum wage job even though you are skilled and need full time work you are just as employed as a full time skilled worker. Unemployment always goes down as an economic bubble inflates. Central banks around the world are buying assets at the tune of $6 trillion/year using fiat currency. Interest rates have been kept artificially low to allow reelection and avoid the pain that will inevitably come. With low interest rates also comes pension fund insolvency. This is a house of cards and Trump should have acknowledged that fact when he took office; now he owns it. The fact is that the real unemployment rate is near depression levels and these numbers are at best misleading. If you have run out of unemployment benefits you are said to be “no longer looking for work” and you don’t count as unemployed. If you take a part time minimum wage job even though you are skilled and need full time work you are just as employed as a full time skilled worker.
Unemployment always goes down as an economic bubble inflates. Central banks around the world are buying assets at the tune of $6 trillion/year using fiat currency. Interest rates have been kept artificially low to allow reelection and avoid the pain that will inevitably come. With low interest rates also comes pension fund insolvency. This is a house of cards and Trump should have acknowledged that fact when he took office; now he owns it.

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