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To: American Spirit who wrote (1959)	12/6/2003 1:59:58 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

LOL. I doubt you can produce data to back up any of that. All the manufacturing jobs lost last month came from non-durable goods, primarily food production. People in those jobs might consider them "GOOD jobs", but I doubt you would - you'd spend the day whining that your neck and wrists hurt and threatening to sue. Durable goods industries, OTOH, broke even. Construction gained nicely. Did you know that many construction trades are actually in high demand and pay well - 20% more on average than manufacturing? Wholesale trade also gained. Retail trade lost, due entirely to the grocery strike in CA according to the BLS. Wholesale trade pays, on average, 45% better than retail trade. Transport and warehousing, another relatively high-paying blue collar sector, also gained. The only low-paying sector that showed large gains was leisure and hospitality, but high-paying business and professional services gained just as much and high-paying education and health care showed the biggest gains of any sector. As for wages, average hourly earnings are up 2.1% over the last year and 8.4% since Bush took office - with almost no inflation. Try another set of lies, AmSpit.