Comments on: Unemployment Makes Dramatic Leap

Jump To 5.5 Percent In May Is Largest Increase Since 1986; 8.5M Americans Out Of Work

[justsane-2009]

"The unemployment rate soared from 5 percent in April to 5.5 percent in May. That was the biggest one-month jump in the rate since February 1986."

and who was president then? oh yes, the famous ronald reagan. the republicans do such a fine fine job with the economy. i have never been able to figure out how anyone who is a member of the working class could vote for these guys...personally, i''m not rich enough to be a republican.

[stn_sage]

Unemployment up to 5.5%?! NOPE. It''s a LOT higher than that! Because people are not counted as unemployed after they''ve been out of work for ''x'' amount of time, or run out of benefits, or give up looking!

With all the layoffs in the auto, retail, housing, and financial sectors, a "true" count would show it''s probably closer to 15% at least!

In most European countries you''re considered unemployed until you find another job, whether it''s 10 days or 10 years! Their rates reflect it, ours don''t!

RE: We can thank George W. for ruining our country just as surely as he ran his businesses into the ground Posted by RandyNason at 07:42 PM : 6/06/08
-------ABSOLUTELY!

RE: Still surprising to see BUSH with a 23% approval he should 0% by RealityToday at 07:32 PM : 6/06/08
-------ABSOLUTELY!

[ubrew12]

SharnCedar said: "Since clearly the Democrappic Congress has backed Bush on ever bad move he has made"

for the last 1.5 years.

If you want to rewrite history, try not to choose history the rest of us have lived through.

[sharncedar]

"Is it *all* Bush''''s fault?"

Good question. Since clearly the Democrappic Congress has backed Bush on ever bad move he has made. So is it all his fault? They backed the "stimulus" which has now backfired into even worse conditions (more debt and more fear) and they have been up his anuus all the way, ******** for him. He is the right leader to represent the worst American government in history. But that worst American government in history contained many little terds, including Obama-liar and Hillary-warmonger and all the rest. We need to flush the toilet. They all need to go ...

[powersmaker]

The White House quickly responded to the unemployment numbers by saying it was %u201Cnot the report we wanted to see.%u201D

- This is the best our fearless leader has to offer? Mccain should throw in the towel now ...

[mcv57]

The Bushwacker''''s economic plan is nothing more than Reaganomics (Nazis Economics). Build-up the military industrial complex on debt. The only difference here is that Hitler siezed other countries to pay the debt; the Bushwacker and the Republican Party is using your future generation of liability.

Posted by mcv57

[mcv57]

They tend to happen in election years or shortly thereafter because of the political rhetoric scaring voters.

Posted by donbl1

Are you trying to make us feel better with your ignorance?

[donbl1]

Recessions happen every 6 to 9 years regardless of who is in charge of the government.

They tend to happen in election years or shortly thereafter because of the political rhetoric scaring voters.

[rafterman1]

Is it *all* Bush''s fault? No, but a lot of it is. E.g., gas price increases can be tied directly with the launching of the ill-advised Iraq war. Other Bush policies have lead to a lack of confidence overseas in our dollar and our economy. The right can spin it all they want or blame Clinton eight years out of office, but Bush will go down with guys like Herbert Hoover as one of our worst. Even his own party doesn''t want anything to do with him any more. McCain will win by *not* tying himself to Bush, which says alot about how the last eight years went.

[randynason]

Record job losses, spiking gas prices, inflationary food prices, home foreclosures up the kazoo...
We can thank George W. for ruining our country just as surely as he ran his businesses into the ground. The as*hole is a f-ing idiot not worthy of picking up dog sh*t in the park, frankly.