Bush says job market best in years...

[bridgit]

'STILLWATER, Oklahoma (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Saturday said the U.S. job market was the best in years, as he pushed an election-year effort to convince skeptical Americans that the economy is thriving.

Bush told new graduates at Oklahoma State University that the economy was "strong and growing" and added, "You will have more jobs to choose from than previous classes and your starting salaries will be higher."' http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-05-06T162449Z_01_N06427423_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-ECONOMY.xml&src=rss

[Us vs Them]

1. Compared to what exactly?

The LAST five years of his Presidency?

He claims the job marketing is growing, but with what type of jobs? Low pay, uninsured service economy jobs? Walmart greeter positions?

Fuck him. Every poll shows REAL Americans think the economy is tanking, despite what fantasy land we'd like to live in.

[bridgit]

6. wish i could tell'ya, maybe delay & abramoff's mariana island deal...

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cq.html

[Us vs Them]

14. Including this industry growth like claiming "Wetlands Increase in 2005"

because in 2005 they decided to add golfclub waterhazards to the list of what qualifies as a 'wetland?'

[CatholicEdHead]

52. Actually, according to the system designed back in the 70's

They do count as wetlands. By NWI standards they are Plaustrine Unconsolidated Bottom wetlands.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. "See? Lookit ME! I'm a friggin' RETARD an' ah got ME a job!"

:evilgrin:

[flamingyouth]

3. Good. Porter Goss shouldn't have much trouble finding one then.

[bridgit]

8. bhwaha, there'ya go...

:thumbsup:

[rzemanfl]

4. Expecting people who just finished four years of college to

believe this shit????

[Us vs Them]

9. What are you talking about, this is a strong economy!

You can always get a job handwashing a CEO's Bentley with your newly aquired diploma.

[bridgit]

10. you bet, then you can dry it off with the diploma itself...

:rofl:

[rzemanfl]

23. No! You can't! Diplomas are sheepskin, not chamois. n/t

[BuyingThyme]

5. He uses himself as the low-bar.

[bridgit]

50. low brow low bar...

[bahrbearian]

7. Where is my $50 an hour lettuce picking job?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

11. Dangerously delusional.

[bridgit]

19. oh yes, this bush guy will say anything that is a given...

x(

[leftofthedial]

12. that is laughable.

I keep hearing that, but I don't see the jobs

unless you can survive on part-time, $8-$10 per hour jobs with no benefits.

I'm "overqualified" for pretty much every job I've applied for in the last 6 months, despite having dumbed down my resume twice.

[kansan]

15. The 23rd Qualm

Bush is my shepherd; I dwell in want.
He maketh logs to be cut down in national forests.
He leadeth trucks into the still wilderness.
He restoreth my fears.
He leadeth me in the paths of international disgrace for his ego's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of pollution and war,
I will find no exit, for thou art in office.
Thy tax cuts for the rich and thy media control, they discomfort me.
Thou preparest an agenda of deception in the presence of thy religion.
Thou anointest my head with foreign oil.
My health insurance runneth out.
Surely megalomania and false patriotism shall follow me all the days
Of thy term,

And my jobless child shall dwell in my basement forever

[annabanana]

21. Welcome to DU, kansan!

The more Kansan DUer's the better.
You need some numbers out there!:hi:

[leftofthedial]

39. welcome to DU!

:hi:

[bridgit]

41. welcome to du, 23rd Qualm...

:hi: :kick:

[Us vs Them]

16. Underemployment possibly bigger problem than unemployment

No health benefits, long hours, low pay can lead to subsequent depression and career stagnation.

[SmokingJacket]

26. Exactly.

I used to have a salaried job with benefits -- quit to have a baby in 2000. Recently got back into the job market and now I have a job I love, it's great -- but part-time, no benefits, and $9 an hour.

And weirdly, I feel lucky...

[leftofthedial]

40. yep.

plus you have the quandary of being reluctant to take a second or third part-time job (even though you need the money), because it still doesn't quite pay the bills and it might make it harder to find a "better" job.

I've come to the concluswion that my "career" is dead, after 20 years of stellar performance and considerable success.

[bridgit]

49. 2 & 3 jobs to make up the difference, further commutes...

leaving family behind x(

[rocktivity]

17. My most recent job interviews

have been at a insurance company, a pharmaceutical company, and an energy brokerage company--all industries friendly with the Bush monarchy. They seem to be the only ones hiring in New Jersey.

:headbang:
rocknation

[valerief]

13. There are PLENTY of good paying jobs for Merkans in IRAQ, IRAN,

and PAKISTAN!

[onehandle]

18. The new credo of Bush's America...

"Do you want fries with that?"

[annabanana]

20. B*sh says . . "Urgle bern phap namizle freedle plimk."

(I should care)

[area51]

22. "the job market best in years..."

In what alternate universe?

The only way it's the best jobmarket in years is for employers, b/c there are so many people trying for each open position that wages/bennies (if offered) can be lowered. It's an employers' market.

[China_cat]

24. best job market in years

in CHINA

[bridgit]

47. .

:spray:

[Garbo 2004]

48. Yes, that's what I've heard from some folks who have their own

businesses. They used to have problems getting qualified people, now they have their pick of "overqualified" people who are looking for jobs.

[applegrove]

25. Sixty years after the boomers were all born, and they are all retired,

yes the job market will improve. It was written in the stars 60 years ago when a huge bumper crop of babies were born.

Don't let the fool use demographics to "proove" his policies.

As 2014 approaches, and the boomers all retire, as the richest bunch of retirees ever, and need services and have few people behind them to do all the jobs, yes, employment will improve.

[bridgit]

27. i love how they tout an increase in jobs round this time = flowers...

blooming, lawns growing, all those county & state fairs gearing up for someone having to clean all those horse & cattle stalls and empty all the trash into a compactor x(

yeah, the job market is poised to go way up for the next 4-5 months

[applegrove]

28. No. But in the next decade... yes it will.

[bridgit]

29. oh they'll be sending up every little blip on the screen from now till...

doom's day as a major g.w. bush achievement is my thought...it's what they do best

[applegrove]

53. Just like CIA told them Soviet Union was going to collapse under

its own weight and the neocons sent Reagan out there with a two gun holster to make it look like he won. Communism is crap. It was going to happen. Rummy & Cheney and gang just put it off long enough to make it look good for repukes.

It has been a harsh environment for jobs (with the exception of Clinton recovery & internet boom) for the last twenty-five years. Cause of the huge numbers of baby-boomers.

Now they retire and the opposite happens. Jobs will be plenty by 2014.

[Dr. Jones]

30. 2 Words Describe Bush: ASSHOLE LIAR.

Maybe when the college grads try to find a job to pay off their thousands in student loans, they'll discover their degrees are worhtless because their field has been completely outsourced to India. All due to BUSH ASSHOLE POLICIES.

[bridgit]

32. i've got three - GUM FLAP'N DUUPH...

x(

[Kansas Wyatt]

31. Sure, after Bush destroyed jobs and wages already....

He's wishful thinking that it can't get any worse and the job outlook has to start rising again, since he bottomed everything out.

Too bad he cannot face the fact that he doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.

[bridgit]

33. sure, plus i don't think it matters to this strata of disassociated...

elitist, he'll live behind a gated fence a 1/4 mile from any county access road, and have his staples brought in, my sense is that he'll only be turning the steaks when the cameras are rolling, or when the Saudis stop by for a kiss :*

[Vinca]

34. Are you sure he wasn't speaking at McDonald U.????

"You will have more jobs to choose from . . . ya got yer fries, yer Big Macs, yer McNuggets to cook. Heh-heh-heh."

[Jon8503]

35. Oklahoma State - McDonald University - Same Difference! N/T

[bridgit]

38. lol...

:spray:

[Ksec]

36. Bush said lots of things

And most americans now realize you cant believe a word that comes from his lips.

Fret not. They all know hes a lying POS.

[bridgit]

37. believe him? why sure you can don't be that way...

:rofl:

[AllieB]

42. As far as I know, we've been in a 'job deficit' since he took office

[TexasLawyer]

43. I guess we'll be needing the bartenders

to drink away our troubles...

Nuking the Economy
Forget Iran—Americans Should be Hysterical About This
By Paul Craig Roberts

<snip>

Over the past five years the US economy experienced a net job loss in goods-producing activities. The entire job growth was in service-providing activities--primarily credit intermediation, health care and social assistance, waiters, waitresses and bartenders, and state and local government.
Job growth over the last five years is the weakest on record. The US economy came up more than 7 million jobs short of keeping up with population growth.

US manufacturing lost 2.9 million jobs, almost 17% of the manufacturing work force. The wipeout is across the board. Not a single manufacturing payroll classification created a single new job.

The declines in some manufacturing sectors have more in common with a country undergoing saturation bombing during war than with a super-economy that is “the envy of the world.” Communications equipment lost 43% of its workforce. Semiconductors and electronic components lost 37% of its workforce. The workforce in computers and electronic products declined 30%. Electrical equipment and appliances lost 25% of its employees.

The workforce in motor vehicles and parts declined 12%. Furniture and related products lost 17% of its jobs. Apparel manufacturers lost almost half of the work force. Employment in textile mills declined 43%. Paper and paper products lost one-fifth of its jobs. The work force in plastics and rubber products declined by 15%. Even manufacturers of beverages and tobacco products experienced a 7% shrinkage in jobs.



<snip>

http://baltimorechronicle.com/2006/021306Roberts.shtml

[bridgit]

44. sobering truths indeed...

thanks for the data

[RedG1]

45. Unemployment statistics LIE...

they only tabulate those who are collecting unemployment benefits, not the ones whose checks ran out or were ineligible for benefits

[bridgit]

46. most correct & a belated welcome to du, RedG1...

:hi: :kick:

[RedG1]

51. and a wave high five ^5 backatcha from Connecticut :)