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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: redfish who wrote (11607)	4/2/2004 11:39:20 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 81568

The rest of the story. "Despite the increase in jobs, hours worked in the economy fell by 0.1 percent. The average workweek also fell by a tenth of an hour to 33.7 hours. Hours worked in the manufacturing fell 0.3 percent, with a drop of 0.1 percentage points in the average workweek to 40.9. Average hourly earnings rose 2 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $15.54 an hour." cbsnews.com

To: redfish who wrote (11607)	4/2/2004 11:46:57 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Just using the absurd parlance of the left. They think governments 'create' jobs (which is obviously asinine).

To: redfish who wrote (11607)	4/2/2004 12:17:05 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

redfish, we will have to wait and see how true the numbers are. Even TV talk shows in the past one hour are suspicious of these numbers and feel they are cooked up by the Bush WH. The job creation numbers are derived from data from businesses (who support Bush and have donated 200 million. The unemployment numbers are from the household survey. They don't jive. Businesses are saying they created 308,000 jobs. Americans are saying where are they, we are still unemployed?!! (rise from 5.6% to 5.7%) So the question is are businesses out there putting out Help Wanted ads (308, 000) but actually not hiring? Or are they putting out Help Wanted ads (10,000 only) and hiring 10,000 but the Bush WH has cooked up that number to 308,000. Surely the figures don't match. Jobs are being created but unemployment is going up??!! Anyone care to discuss this seriously instead of just rhetoric?