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US economy creates 243,000 jobs in January

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That extra ten bucks a week is awesome, too! I'm going to go buy a quater-of-a-million dollar home, with all that extra cash I have.

It's actually closer to $30/week for an individual, or $240/month for a couple. Economists say that it boosts GDP by about a full percentage point, which is quite significant.

It's amazing how Republicans will beg and plead for tax cuts, and then whine when they actually get a tax cut. It's the ultimate hyperpartisan bull****.
 
8 pages before a hack-ified post fest. Good job! Longer than I expected.
 
Here is LNS11000000

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Not to mention th continued tax cuts for the wealthy, because why else would he continue them if they are so wrong and harmful?....

Well, I was against the continuation of the tax cuts, but it makes more sense to keep taxes low during a recession than during the good times, like from 2003-2007.
 
Sure, in some cases.

damn it, so am i. we can't just raise taxes, we HAVE to cut spending, demonstrably. cut fed salaries, cut bs grants, cut welfare. raise taxes on everybody but the poorest. no more 2 yr unemployment. CUT SALARY, BENEFITS AND PENSIONS for congress, tie their increases to the economy.
 
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It's actually closer to $30/week for an individual, or $240/month for a couple. Economists say that it boosts GDP by about a full percentage point, which is quite significant.

A whole point? That's awesome!!

It's amazing how Republicans will beg and plead for tax cuts, and then whine when they actually get a tax cut. It's the ultimate hyperpartisan bull****.

It's even more amazing how Libbos will celebrate medocrity. You want to brag about giving employees a tax payroll tax cut? Let them keep $500 a month, or even a thousand. Now, that is a tax cut to brag about.
 
A whole point? That's awesome!!



It's even more amazing how Libbos will celebrate medocrity. You want to brag about giving employees a tax payroll tax cut? Let them keep $500 a month, or even a thousand. Now, that is a tax cut to brag about.

And then listen to the right bitch about an even more rapidly increasing debt/deficit? You know what being between a rock and a hard place means, right?
 
8 pages before a hack-ified post fest. Good job! Longer than I expected.

The Obama worship fest started with post #2.

The reality of the new job creation is, 1) it proves that only the private sector can create jobs and if the government would get the hell out of the way, the economy would improve on it's own and, 2) these new jobs are nothing more than a reaction to the probability that Obama is going to get voted out of office. IF he gets re-elected--notice the big if--the unemployment rate will shoot right back up.
 
There is ongoing stimulus in the form of the payroll tax cut, which was renewed a few months ago.

Let me just make my position clear: I'm a conservative, not a Republican. I don't give a crap who is in office. If the only STIMULUS we have going is tax cuts, I'm happy. I'm for tax cuts. I'd PERFER tax reform, including reform that ensured a balanced budget, but hey, I'm happy now. My CONCERN is that Obama's track record leads me to believe this won't permanent, but as long as the only thing he's doing I'm happy. In fact, I think the only reason it's happening is the Republican house, but whatever. Lets keep going in THAT direction.
 
And then listen to the right bitch about an even more rapidly increasing debt/deficit? You know what being between a rock and a hard place means, right?

Maybe Obama shouldn't have spent $5 trillion in just three years. Whatcha think?
 
The Obama worship fest started with post #2.

The reality of the new job creation is, 1) it proves that only the private sector can create jobs and if the government would get the hell out of the way, the economy would improve on it's own and, 2) these new jobs are nothing more than a reaction to the probability that Obama is going to get voted out of office. IF he gets re-elected--notice the big if--the unemployment rate will shoot right back up.

What a brilliant analysis! :lamo:lamo:lamo
 
Yes, if you understand anything about economics, it is pretty awesome.

I have way too much common sense to believe that a one percent increase is anywhere close to awesome.

I hope Obama runs on that this year.
 
It's actually closer to $30/week for an individual, or $240/month for a couple. Economists say that it boosts GDP by about a full percentage point, which is quite significant.

Can you link these? Genuinely curious.
 
What a brilliant analysis! :lamo:lamo:lamo

What's wrong with it?

Are you saying that the American people aren't resilient enough to prosper, even with a president who is trying to destroy the country?
 
The Obama worship fest started with post #2.

The reality of the new job creation is, 1) it proves that only the private sector can create jobs and if the government would get the hell out of the way, the economy would improve on it's own and, 2) these new jobs are nothing more than a reaction to the probability that Obama is going to get voted out of office. IF he gets re-elected--notice the big if--the unemployment rate will shoot right back up.

I agree wholeheartedly with number 1, but I dunno about number 2. I don't think employers hire based on politics. Policies certainty affect them, but not necessarily politics.
 
I agree wholeheartedly with number 1, but I dunno about number 2. I don't think employers hire based on politics. Policies certainty affect them, but not necessarily politics.

They hire, based on what they think will happen in 6 months, or a year. It takes time and money to hire new personel and to purchase new equipment, or fix up existing equipment that has been mothballed.

This hiring spurt is a reaction to the notion that the Dems will no longer control the government in 2013.
 
Good news. Way to go Obama!!
 
Right, 'coz the Democrats didn't poo-poo every bit of economic good news in the last decade. :roll:

Well, that's good reason to poo poo this then. Gottcha. :coffeepap
 
It's good news, but really, no president controls the economy. They don't deserve the blame or the credit.

Just saying. :coffeepap
 
It's good news, but really, no president controls the economy. They don't deserve the blame or the credit.

Just saying. :coffeepap

This x100. All these talking points about jobs pisses me off. Politicians assume way more credit than they deserve. If you have free time, I highly recommend listening to this podcast. It examines how exactly politicians claim to have "created" (or in Obama's case "saved") private sector jobs.

How To Create a Job | This American Life
 
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