if you compare the rate to other large scale economic downturns, while not as good as the previous one, the current climb is much better than what happened in the great depression, given the same time period. In fact, the great depression offered a natural experiment. In 1936-1937, the government withdrew stimulus money, and unemployment shot up and industrial output decreased a lot.
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:58 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > we lost 800,000 jobs in ONE MONTH???? > > Jesus...i'd forgotten just how bad it was. > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Actually guys, >> >> Here's the truth and a graph showing exactly what happened with the >> unemployement rate since Barak took office. >> >> Sam, for you in particular :) >> >> >> https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/196160_10151246112671749_2101778253_n.jpg >> >> http://www.barackobama.com/jobsrecord >> >> And this is why I am saying that I am confused. >> >> The argument that the jobs aren't coming back fast enough is a specious one >> which is impossible to prove >> that anyone else could have done it better. >> >> >> On 2 November 2012 15:05, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > Yeah, I thought the analysis of those numbers showed the initial >> reporting >> > to be pretty flawed. >> > >> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > "You can't seriously claim a rise in unemployment is good?" >> > > >> > > It's called "doublethink". "1984" Read it or read it again. >> > > >> > > >> > > Oh, and unemployment did not fall last month. >> > > >> > > J >> > > >> > > - >> > > >> > > Do we really think that a government-dominated education is going to >> > > produce citizens capable of dominating their government, as the >> education >> > > of a truly vigilant self-governing people requires? - Alan Keyes >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357492 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
