Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread Judah McAuley
When we say things like "didn't take jobs" that implies that there were jobs for the taking. There were not a lot of unfilled jobs out there, so how could unemployment benefits have any affect on whether or not an individual got a job? If there were a bunch of unfilled jobs and people were choosi

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread Sam
Looks like the middle is taking the hit: http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2014/05/just-released-what-kinds-of-jobs-have-been-created-during-the-recovery.html In fact, upstate New York and Puerto Rico have continued to lose middle-skill jobs during the recovery, while there were essen

Re: Autonomous Cars Will Destroy 10 Million Jobs and Reshape the Economy by 2025

2015-01-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > I have a much more optimistic outlook than that. Humans are so bad at > driving compared to a computer. No matter how dumber idiots get, I think a > computer will always react faster and more reliably to them. > You obviously have bett

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Sam wrote: > I read it as people with unemployment benefits didn't take jobs until > the benefits expired. Question is, are they low paying jobs? When I > was unemployed, it would have been a waste to take a $10 hr job and > not get benefits vs spending hours a d

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread Sam
I read it as people with unemployment benefits didn't take jobs until the benefits expired. Question is, are they low paying jobs? When I was unemployed, it would have been a waste to take a $10 hr job and not get benefits vs spending hours a day looking for a high paying one. . On Tue, Jan 27,

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread Judah McAuley
That article made no sense at all to me. "The new new working paper found that the expiration of benefits was responsible for the creation of over 1.8 million jobs. Nearly 1 million of those jobs were created by workers who would have otherwise stayed out of the labor force if unemployment benefi

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread Vivec
I have been holding back on lots of news articles because they were political in nature recently ^_^ ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion

Re: Autonomous Cars Will Destroy 10 Million Jobs and Reshape the Economy by 2025

2015-01-27 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 2:51 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > Yes *but* the old axiom of, "build a better mousetrap, you get a smarter > mouse" can also be phrased, "make things idiot-proof, get dumber idiots". > I have a much more optimistic outlook than that. Humans are so bad at driving compar

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
I would say this group is good talking about policy, but not so good with politics. Especially the unthinking/unmoving/name calling sort that sadly passes for much political discourse in this country today. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 2:50 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015

Re: Autonomous Cars Will Destroy 10 Million Jobs and Reshape the Economy by 2025

2015-01-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > From what I understand that is a total non-issue. The autonomous cars that > are *already* out there on the road deal with "rouge idiots" far better > than humans do. The tech capabilities around this seems to be growing > exponentiall

Re: This may sound silly but..

2015-01-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Maureen wrote: > The two articles mentioned do seem out of place in the Money section. > Looks like perhaps some Money staffer has an agenda. > Thanks for the background and yes, she does look like she's protesting a bit too much. Until Later! C. Hatton Humph

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > I hereby deem the list cured. I disagree, this list is nothing like ham... plus that's an anti-semitic statement! (*GDnR*) Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Like the saying goes, "Measure Twice, C

Funny article I came across today

2015-01-27 Thread Sam
Harf-Psaki is an insidious disease http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/01/harfpsaki_is_an_insidious_disease.html Very biased of course but what the hey . ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/

Re: Help with a Survey for my School Project

2015-01-27 Thread LRS Scout
Done On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:49 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > Done > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Like the saying goes, "Measure Twice, Cut Onc..." > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Judith Dinowitz < > jdino...@houseoffusion.com > > wro

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Sam wrote: > I was told nobody here likes talking politics. > > Try something else. I hereby deem the list cured. -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread Sam
I was told nobody here likes talking politics. Try something else. . On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Just trying to get the list-people going a bit. :) > > -Cameron > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusio

Re: This may sound silly but..

2015-01-27 Thread Maureen
CNN Money is a separate site from CNN.COM although .COM will link to articles on Money. The articles on Money are there because they were written by Money staffers instead of .COM staffers. All articles are tagged but the display created by automatically selecting the tags only happens below th

Re: Autonomous Cars Will Destroy 10 Million Jobs and Reshape the Economy by 2025

2015-01-27 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:44 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > In a perfect world autonomous cars will be able to function moderately well > but there is going to be an issue of legacy drivers to deal with. >From what I understand that is a total non-issue. The autonomous cars that are *already

Re: Autonomous Cars Will Destroy 10 Million Jobs and Reshape the Economy by 2025

2015-01-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
He's been reading too much sci-fi. In a perfect world autonomous cars will be able to function moderately well but there is going to be an issue of legacy drivers to deal with. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Like the saying goes, "Measure Twice, Cut Onc..."

Autonomous Cars Will Destroy 10 Million Jobs and Reshape the Economy by 2025

2015-01-27 Thread Cameron Childress
http://zackkanter.com/2015/01/23/how-ubers-autonomous-cars-will-destroy-10-million-jobs-by-2025/ ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusio

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > The article obviously has an agenda, as does the source I am sure. > > Just trying to get the list-people going a bit. :) > Yeah, it's been way quiet around these halls lately. Might be too much grog or not enough nog. Me personally

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 8:58 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > I'm sure someone is going to criticize the source, the method of research > or the organization that sponsored the study. The article obviously has an agenda, as does the source I am sure. Just trying to get the list-people going a b

Re: Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
A part of me wants to say, "imagine that..." Another part wants to make some nebulous comment about causation and correlation. I'm sure someone is going to criticize the source, the method of research or the organization that sponsored the study. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastc

Study: 60 percent of 2014 job growth caused by expiration of unemployment benefits

2015-01-27 Thread Cameron Childress
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