308,000 jobs in March...?

[imax2268]

Is this number correct...to be honest...I'm not a number cruncher and I really don't follow these numbers all that well...but when I take that number and google it...I keep coming up with 308,000 jobs lost in Feburay of last year...
So if in March there was gain of 308,000, but there was a loss of 308,000 last year...there's no gain is there...

Can someone explain this to me...thanks...

[louis-t]

these #'s are being inflated...

wait until B*shco repeats this figure 40 or 50 times. Then they will 'revise' the figure for March. SOP.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Those months net out

but you have to consider the months in the between Feb 2003 and March 2004. Each month had their own numbers.

[loftycity]

2. From 1,200 jobs in January to 308,000 in March ..total bullcrap

[imax2268]

3. It's odd to me though...

when I google 308,000 March04...I get 308,000 job losses in Feb 03...just doesn't seem to make any sense to me...

[Desertrose]

6. of course it makes no sense..its not true

get ready to see bush & his happy media family inflate/change/adjust any & all numbers "when necessary" and "as needed" to make him look good.

Don't get much more simple than that really...

Peace
DR

Oh yeah, did I remember to tell everyone not to believe their "facts"??

[loftycity]

15. Google gave them the magic number and they worked it from there

We are paying these crooks to cook more books.

[bluedog]

4. I just did the 308,000

lost last year in March.well, if we lost that many jobs then....we gained now.and its even with that number.but we're still losing jobs based on the unemployment rate and millions out of work.that my "regular" thinking

[lastknowngood]

5. The number is bogus check out urbansurvial

http://www.urbansurvival.com/week.htm

[Robbien]

7. The same report says there are 180,000 more people out of work

But you won't be hearing much about that. Per BLS:

But for out-of-work Americans, the economic rebound has been frustratingly slow. In March, there were 8.35 million people unemployed, compared with 8.17 million the previous month. The average duration of unemployment has been more than 20 weeks, a 20-year high.

[kentuck]

8. How is it possible ???

To gain 308,000 jobs and still have unemployment rate go up....unless there were more than 308,000 jobs lost? Perhaps a Repub economist could explain it to us???

[imax2268]

10. exactly...

I mean...what gives...do they think the whole nation is that gullible to believe this...?

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

9. Pure Fudge!

I wouldn't believe Elaine Chow and her husband that jerk senator from Kentucky whatever his name is. This is pure fudge, a scandal for another time!

[radfringe]

11. subtract 30 jobs from that

at my workplace, we found out that a vendor whom we do business with is going out of business... he closed up shop this week, 30 jobs gone.

We buy alot from him, but not enough to keep him in business, a couple of his larger contracts has outsourced their business to China

[Robbien]

12. Labor force went up by the 308,000, not JOBS

And the labor force went up because more people are now looking for work. There are only 19,000 more people working now than were working in the last quarter.

[displacedtexan]

13. Bush* has to repeat this "restoration" 10 times to get back to square #1.

What a Hoover (Herbert, that is)!

[Zynx]

14. This was one of those freak numbers.

It won't happen again.

[spanone]

16. NPR said NOT ONE MANUFACTURING JOB!!!!!