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March 04, 2005

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Unemployment went up to 5.4%?

You mean the unemployment was a mere 5.3% just recently? That's a darn good unemployment rate, about as close to full employment as you can get.

How come the MSM wasn't all over this? The last I heard any mention of the unemployment rate was when unemployment was "remaining steady at 5.6%, and likely to rise if President Bush is re-elected".

For that matter, where were all the retractions from leading Democrats that President Bush did do what they insisted was impossible and helped create enough jobs that he didn't have a net job-loss number in his first term? Which initial spate of job losses should probably be attributed to the double-whammy of the dot-com bubble economy bursting along with the general economy-depressing effect of the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001.

Posted by Nathan at 01:31 PM | Comments (2)
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MSM wasn't all over this for a very simple reason:
so many people have stopped looking for work that the "reported" unemployment rate doesn't mean much anymore. It's almost a joke for those who are aware of this fact.
Real unemployment is closer to 9%, with newly created jobs mostly low wage service sector.
Ain't Bushworld grand......

Posted by: R Grande at March 12, 2005 11:52 AM

Do you have a clue how ridiculous you sound? Making stuff up doesn't constitute proof, nor does repeating DU talking points.

If you have a shred of proof of your assertions, provide a link.

If not, I'll have to ignore you.

Posted by: Nathan at March 12, 2005 03:48 PM
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