Comments on: Key Jobless Figure Hits 6-Year High

Nearly 500,000 New Applicants For Unemployment Benefits; Spike Worse Than Analysts Feared

[talkingham]

Clinton raised taxes on the people who could most afford the raise and the economy boomed - Der Decider has done exactly what he and the Neocons wanted and destroyed our economy. Neocons thrive on fear and strife and that is exactly what they have produced and continue to pursue.

[rwassel]

checkthepast -

You should probably do what your screen name says.

The unemployment rate was at 6.9% when Clinton took office in 1993. The rate fell steadily to 4.0% until the end of 2000, shortly before George Bush took office. Now it has climbed back to 5.7%

Not only will our current president leave us with a deficit instead of a surplus like Clinton, he will also leave us with the worst unemployment since his daddy.

[rwassel]

Don''t worry!

John "I don''t know as much about the economy as I should" McCain will save the day!

He''s almost halfway done with Greenspan''s book!

[redbds]

The 7-yr olds in China and India are fully employed. What else matters? Thanks McCain AND Obama for supporting NAFTA. Stick a fork into the United States, it''''s finished.

Posted by SistaTee at 01:58 PM : Aug 07, 2008

Unemployment in the US is actually lower since NAFTA was passed. And by the way NAFTA has nothing to do with China or India. If you want to make a point about an issue at least take the tiem to educate yourself. That way you won''t look like an idiot.

[checkthepast]

nobody was unemployed under any other presidents?

Posted by jamesm12341

That''s what they would like to pretend James, (''they'' being those sore losers that refuse to support our elected officials unless their losers win!)

Actually except for 1965-70 and 1997-99 our unemployment rate is still the lowest it has been in the past 50 years.
(But whiners only know how to whine... Finger pointing name callers with no solutions to anything.

[sistatee-2009]

The 7-yr olds in China and India are fully employed. What else matters? Thanks McCain AND Obama for supporting NAFTA. Stick a fork into the United States, it''s finished.

[walt1944-2009]

It has been learned that recently "Bagdad John McBush (SURRRRRGE, DRRRRILLLL)"McCain is "grudgingly" admitting that citizens of the USSA are ACTUALLY WORSE off than they were 4 years ago! This, despite a statement by "DRRRRILLLL" McCain in January that citizens of the USSA have NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD under the reign of the Great Emperor Bush II!!!!

McCain, however, was at a loss as to how to improve things for the average citizen, especially since his "top" economic advisor, "Dr. Phil" Gramm, was shoved off the campaign several weeks ago for calling the current recession/depression "IMAGINERY" and the average citizen "WHINERS"!

With no one to advise him about what to do economically, "DRRRRILLLLLL" McCain can only think that DRRRRILLLLING for oil in everyone''s back yard will solve everything, including bring down the price of gasoline (a whopping 2 cents within the next 20 years!), create jobs (I always wanted to be an oil rigger!), free us from foreign oil (by bringing the Middle East HERE, complete with sand and dust!), and protect the "environment" (Exxon/Mobil''s financial "ENVIRONMENT!)!

Under McCain''s program, who needs wind and solar when everyone will have their own oil rig in their back yard?????? (Owned by Exxon/Mobil, of course!)!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!!!
sig heil, "DRRRRRIILLLLL", McCain!!!!

[credibility2]

Businesses are reluctant to hire or create new jobs because they have to cut their losses in order to get any type of profit for their business and investor and one way to do this is not to expand their employee base. Any candidate advocating raising taxes on businesses, are in for a rude awakening, since that generally translates to fewer jobs being created, potentially exacerbating the unemployment rate, and businesses that will just pass along the tax increases to the consumer, including food and fuel costs.

[antoniof123]

Another day in paridise too bad all of this effort goes into arguments instead of working together and finding the best solution and that is a mix of both not just one side.

[rwassel]

Don''t worry!

John "I don''t know as much about the economy as I should" McCain will save the day!

He''s almost halfway done with Greenspan''s book!

[excoachken]

How about 4 more years of this with McBush?

[ubrew12]

Three-fourths (75%) of the economic growth during the Bush administration has gone to the wealthiest 1% of Americans, according to the Economist Magazine (which is hardly a liberal rag).

While the poorest 99% of Americans saw income increases of 1% a year (between 2002 and 2006), the wealthiest 1% of Americans saw income increases of 11% a year over the same time period.

Poor white males vote Republican because its conservative ethic is one they believe in. But, what works at the personal level doesn''t apply to the community at large: government by conservatives is too often government by anarchists: they apply their ''individualism'' to looting the treasury, destroying gov''t institutions, handing out favors that will eventually result in huge personal paybacks, etc, etc. That''s what the Bush admin has done to America, and its resulted in huge increases in poverty. Even though conservatism is a good personal ethic, its a horrible way to run a gov''t, as we''re seeing.

[tootall10142]

GREED IS HAVING ITS LUNCH,DESERT WILL BE BITTER SWEET.HOWS THAT CREDIT CARD THING WORKING OUT FOR THESE GREEDY PEOPLE THAT LIVED BEYOND THIER INCOME AND THE TRICKLE DOWN TOOK THIER JOB .REALITY HAS NO SYMPATHY FOR THE WEAK AND GREEDY.THE MILITARY NEEDS BULLET STOPPERS AND THE LINE IS SHORT.

[pirmin3]

Bushie "Doh! My bad" NOT!!!!

[element51]

ritewingman...I''m glad to hear that jobs are being created. I''m lucky. I worked hard and invested well and am retired with a rather nice income. But for folks who are still working it''s tough out there. There are pockets in the US where things are going well but there are also lots of areas where it is pretty dismal. Pernonally, I don''t think Obama or McCain can solve the problems but one of them is going to get a shot at it. I hope that whoever it is can step up and do some good. I''ll support whoever is elected until he gives me reason not to. But life goes on either way.

[element51]

tip-top101...I get what you are saying but last Sunday there were about a half page of jobs in the help wanted section. I live in a town with roughly 160 thousand population. And most of those jobs were selling time shares or vacation packages. As for the jobs listed on the sites you listed, I don''t know what they are looking for. If they are high tech jobs or jobs that require at least a BA then the majority of the population is excluded. Not everyone has the training or quallifications for those types of jobs. What is in short supply are jobs that a person with a high school education or a couple of years of tech school can quallify for. And based on what I have learned from people who I know that are in their 50''s to 60''s there is difinately a problem with their age. I could cite some specific examples but I trust you will take my word. I have many democrat friends and I can assure you that they are not lazy people who just want a free ride. They want to work. To paint all democrats with the same bruse is as bad as painting all republicans with the same brush. There is good and bad everywhere. I think democrats who are milking the system are no better than the multi-millionaires who are hiding money in foreign banks and not paying a penny of tax. They are both ripping off the system. Don''t you agree?

[tiptop101]

I don''t get it. I see literally millions of jobs listed on sites like MadeInAmericaJobs.com, monster, CareerSitesCompany.com. How anyone is unemployed is beyond me. It''s a lack of trying. Too easy to be an idiot in the country when you rob from the productive to give to the leaches, who then are lazy idiots. Most of that is due to the folks who don''t get it..aka democrats. Republicans are just as bad, but democrats are well beyond them. Pick up a Ayn Rand book and clear your stupidity.

[element51]

ritewingman...Thank you for putting my fears to rest. I was starting to think that the job market was a little thin. I know in our area there are pleanty of jobs available in the 6 to 9 dollar range which will more than quallify those workers to get into one of those new houses you speak of. We just had another 500 people dumped on the jobless market due to a plant closing this week. Maybe some of them can get jobs building those new homes. Everyone I talk to is coming up short each month but I will relay to them the good news you have posted. I guess they need to stop whining and get a second job. Wasn''t it one of your guys who said that Americans are just a bunch of whiners? That nasty old left wing media just can''t get it right, can they?

[omega39-2009]

GOP_forever is essentially the Stephen Colbert of these forums.

Posted by mccarthy51

I thought so too, many just don''t seem to "get" the humor.

[omega39-2009]

omega39 - and the idiot dems want ANOTHER one. Got any other bright ideas, SanFranNan?

Posted by ritewingman

Yeah, stop giving tax breaks to companies that offshore their jobs!!!