Boehner, in 'pre-buttal,' says Census jobs pad unemployment numbers

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/96515-boehner-in-pre-buttal-says-census-jobs-pad-unemployment-numbers


Boehner, in 'pre-buttal,' says Census jobs pad unemployment numbers
By Michael O'Brien - 05/06/10 03:08 PM ET


House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) suggested Thursday that jobless figures are padded by temporary Census workers, and don't quell voters' concerns about unemployment.

Boehner, in a "pre-buttal" to jobless numbers for the month of April that will be released tomorrow, said that the expected gains in employment the report might convey is blurred by as many as 600,000 temporary positions created by the Census.

"We are expecting to see some gains, which is always a positive sign, but that will likely include thousands of taxpayer-funded temporary Census workers," Boehner said Thursday morning in his weekly press conference. "Make no mistake: a near 10-percent unemployment rate is completely unacceptable."

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Update, 5:34 p.m.: A DNC spokeswoman responds:

John Boehner is like a kid on Christmas morning – eager with anticipation not that the jobs report released tomorrow will show increased progress toward economic recovery and reveal that more Americans have jobs but that the GOP might have an opportunity to cheer failure. It’s truly sad, and entirely revealing of who and what the GOP stands for, that their party’s leader would celebrate the prospect of fewer jobs so that they can score political points at the expense of Americans who simply want to get back to work.

BUT!

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_05/023691.php

Don't believe it -- 231,000 or the 290,000 came from the private sector.

[spanone]

1. the republican party is disgusting, simply disgusting

[Dawgs]

2. Don't forget that an additional 120,000 were added to the jobs report from revised 1st quarter.

This report is nothing but good news.

Even the 0.2% increase in unemployment was because of optimism by long term unemployed; not necessarily newly lost jobs.

[whattheidonot]

8. census work

I was on unemployment. it ran out. Now i am doing census work. the work is not easy. it is a grind and i have to put up with a lot confusion and refusal. It is much better than unemployment. those unemployed who can work should be given jobs by the government doing clean up fixing roads, whatever. sitting around the house has the potential to make one not suited for work again.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Oh shit. America is succeeding." - Republicon Homelanders

eom

[CLANG]

4. Pre-buttal? Is that the same as K-Y Jelly?

[sharp_stick]

5. Being as the entire repuke platform this

fall amounts to "Obama bad" they are probably shitting bricks about any decent employment numbers. As people actually see the economy coming back on track Boner and McConnell are going to be getting more and more desperate.

No more than a month ago Boner was saying that anything short of a takeover of the House would be a failure, funny that the asshole doesn't say that anymore.

[izquierdista]

6. "The economy was just fine after we wrecked it"

People who turn things to shit belong in the compost heap, not in Congress.

[JNelson6563]

7. That's what I've been reading here at DU too!

Wow! Never thought I'd see the day when UI could just read DUers' comments if I wanted to know what the RW talking points were!

Julie

[SheilaT]

9. I have one of those census jobs.

Although I'm only working about 30 hours a week, so officially I'm not counted as employed, am I?

What to look for is how huge a drop in employment there is in a couple of months when most of those census jobs end.

[Arkana]

10. BAD NEWS! WE MUST HAVE BAD NEWS!

THE COUNTRY CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO SUCCEED--HOW ELSE WILL WE SLITHER BACK INTO POWER??????