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Private-sector job growth over 56 months - a record - has generated some 10.6M jobs, yet (Original Post) Triana Nov 2014 OP
Fast food joints are private sector. Ampersand Unicode Nov 2014 #1
I have to agree. Still, Boehner's claim that the agreement betw US and China Triana Nov 2014 #3
You have him lying ... and folks on our side ... JoePhilly Nov 2014 #2

Ampersand Unicode

(503 posts)
1. Fast food joints are private sector.
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:38 PM
Nov 2014

So are retail stores, gas stations, restaurants, car dealers, hotels...

Boner is always full of shit. However, I remain unconvinced that the economy is actually recovering until we see a majority of good QUALITY jobs rather than just mere quantity. Raw numbers don't tell the whole story. The most recent report, I believe, showed that the trend was continuing of the majority of jobs being picked up in the hourly service sector like retail and food. These aren't exactly Goldman Sachs jobs we're talking here. Probably not even Saks Fifth Avenue.

Sadly, I think this is the new normal. We have too many people and not enough good jobs to feed them all.

But of course, it's "our fault for being lazy."

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
3. I have to agree. Still, Boehner's claim that the agreement betw US and China
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:42 PM
Nov 2014

will kill jobs is bullshit. What WILL kill even more good-paying jobs is the damn TPP and continued Republican obstruction.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
2. You have him lying ... and folks on our side ...
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 02:40 PM
Nov 2014

... saying "yea, but it doesn't really matter".

The media will amplify those two voices.

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