President Bush Hails New Job Creation

[54anickel]

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=%5CNation%5Carchive%5C200404%5CNAT20040402b.html

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President Bush said the tax cuts need to be made permanent, to give small business owners confidence. He also said small business owners need tort reform and less regulation.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) commented that jobs are coming back because of "the smart policies implemented by this Congress."

He pointed to the tax cuts, which are finally yielding results, Hastert said. "Our economy is roaring out of March like a lion," he added. "We can't turn back now."

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"That is why Congress must rededicate itself to passing a highway bill, enact our JOBS Act to address the EU imposition of tariffs on businesses that increased to 6 percent just yesterday, and reduce burdensome litigation and regulation costs by passing class action, Asbestos, and medical malpractice reforms," Frist concluded.

[Turbineguy]

1. Yeah, an I dun it all by my self

[spinbaby]

2. How many more does he need...

...just to break even? I think he needs something like 2 million more jobs just to get us back to where we were before he took office.

Idiot.

[joeunderdog]

12. Clinton AVERAGED 260,000 jobs created/month while in office.

Chimp has one good month while in office.
B F D !!!

[SemperEadem]

3. oh, talking about the Indian economy again, is he?

yeah... the economy is roaring out of the U.S. on its way to India... he's right--he can't turn back now---all of India is depending upon his stupidity to replace our economy with theirs, and vice versa.

[AndyP]

4. I don't understand, once you're at the bottom

you have no where to go but up. How can people praise him for something good finally happening after THREE YEARS of constant losses.

[SemperEadem]

5. in a word? Stupidity

they're told what to feel, when to feel it and how to feel it. Automatons and myrmidons, all.

[54anickel]

6. Look what he's pushing based on these numbers in the original post -

If these numbers are more lies, cook the books type of stuff the effects could be very far-reaching for the general public and small investors as well.

[dawn]

7. Well, all of those people who lost their UI extensions...

certainly won't get them now, because Bush* will cite the new "roaring lion" of an economy.

[tandot]

8. did he also hail the rise in unemployment?

:puke:

[cosmicdot]

9. Companies Add Jobs, but Unemployment Up

he'll visit communities of the former 'to campaign'

Companies Add Jobs, but Unemployment Up

April 2, 2004 10:28 AM EST


WASHINGTON - The nation's employers added 308,000 new jobs in March, hiring at the fastest pace in four years and providing long-awaited evidence the weak jobs market may be gaining steam.

At the same time, the civilian unemployment rate bumped up to 5.7 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday.

In a separate survey of companies, the figures showed widespread hiring in industries across the economy at a time when President Bush's re-election campaign, counting heavily on a pickup in the jobs market, jumped into high gear.

For the first time in 44 months, the nation's factories did not shed jobs. But they weren't hiring either. March's figures show zero gains and losses for manufacturers hammered by the economic downturn that began three years ago. The only sector losing jobs last month was information services, where companies cut about 1,000 jobs.

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http://start.earthlink.net/newsarticle?cat=1&aid=D81MODAG0_story

[tlmorris]

10. It's misleading, is what it is

308,000 jobs created, but unemployment is up? That means we still lost more jobs than were created, right? It means we still have a job deficit, right? It means things aren't better, yet, right? And besides, this 308,000 figure is still unrevised. Give it a few days and see how much it drops.

[PfcHammer]

11. 4 New jobs definitely created

Unfortunately, for contract security work in Iraq (form of outsourcing ?)

[Ruby Romaine]

13. "President Bush Hails New Job Creation"

Wow!
ONE job!!!!!!
Good job, Dumbya!

[adriennui]

14. fabulous news

"roaring out of march like a lion". and the projectile BS goes on.

[imax2268]

15. You know what's funny...

and maybe I'm not doing this right...but I take the 308,000 jobs and google it...I keep coming up with 308,000 jobs lost in Feb 03...I don't know...am I doing something wrong or does that 308,000 jobs seem kind of fishy...?

[mrdmk]

16. I agree with 54nickel, BS stats

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Non-farm payrolls climbed 308,000 in March, helped a bit by the return of workers after a labor dispute at California grocery stores ended, the Labor Department said. This was the biggest gain since April 2000 and well above the 103,000 rise expected on Wall Street.
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The department said the end to the California grocery store dispute, which had idled 72,000 workers, boosted March payrolls by 10,000 to 20,000. The effect was muted because many of the returning employees were displacing temporary hires.
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http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/extra/P79977.asp

[The_Casual_Observer]

17. Our economy is roaring out of March like a lion

And leave April like a lamb??

Hastert is the kind of guy I have tried to avoid my whole life, too bad he still can get through to me in print!

"We can't turn back now." Meaning the press is on the make the rich guy tax cuts permanent before Kerry becomes pres.

[Donkeyboy75]

18. Creating of burger-flipping and predictable construction jobs

is a reason to celebrate. Man, * is grasping at straws here. I wish we had one powerful media outlet that would show these stats for what they are - a further sign that our economy is heading down the shitter for the vast majority of Americans.

[Moderator]

19. Please Combine

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x459232