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To: tejek who wrote (51401)	9/19/2006 9:47:14 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

"You're kidding? Averages mean nothing......they don't begin to give a reasonable picture of reality. That's why medians are used." I think you meant to say "averages contradict my unsubstantiated position, so they must be wrong." But if you're so insistent that "medians are used", why don't you do a little research and see if you can find some median data to back up your claims about which sectors are "high paying" and "low paying"? Credible, attributed sources now rejek - no vague, unsubstantiated assertions by political hacks. "President Bush has noted that 2 million jobs were created over the course of 2005 and that we have added 4.6 million jobs since the decline in jobs ended in May 2003." Actually, 8.3 million more people report that they are working now than when the recession ended in November 2001. And from the more restrictive establishment survey, in the 8 months since the report you quoted, we have added 1.2 million more jobs. (the HH and establishment surveys can be found at www.bls.gov)

To: tejek who wrote (51401)	9/19/2006 12:57:45 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I am the only sane one here. ROTFLMAO!!!!!! THAT is the most hilarious remark in the history of this thread! You're the one making the claims about median pay and disparaging any other measurements: YOU provide the data. I've spent about an hour searching for such data and, while, I've seen plenty of sites letting pay for it (maybe), I've none free. So YOU find it. Otherwise you are just bloviating; you obviously have NO data to back your claims or you'd have produced it by now. ere's total nonfarm payrolls. You can see Slick's recession bottoming out in 2003: research.stlouisfed.org Here's something bay in Slick's term. I don't think you're going to like it. pubs.acs.org