You may have heard last week that the unemployment rate dropped to 9.7%. And you’re probably wondering why we here at Chicks On The Right weren’t celebrating this HUGE DIP right along with the White House.
Well, here’s why. There are some pretty disturbing trends going on.
Normally, when an economy is in recovery mode, new jobs start to be created. That isn’t the case today. In fact, the number of new jobs is on the decline. When Obama became president, there were 134.6 million people gainfully employed. Today, there are 129.5 million people working. And according to the Hudson Institute, more and more Americans are just dropping out of the workforce altogether. Last month alone, 661,000 left the workforce. Welfare claims are at an all time high. And you know what that means – government is providing for more people than ever before. That’s not a good thing.
Temporary services jobs, which are apparently an indicator of future full time demand, fell by 9000.
But of course, in government, jobs are plentiful! 33,000 new positions were added last month in federal civil service. And only 9000 of those were for the temporary census taking.
This SUCKS, you guys. And it’s proof positive that all Obama wants to do is grow government exponentially, ultimately at the expense of the private sector.
Get ready for your taxes to go up. I mean, someone’s got to pay for all of the government salaries and increasing numbers of welfare recipients.
YAY STIMULUS!!!
They’re doing the same thing out here in Oregon. Growing the Public Employees Union. They tell us we need more government to take care of the increasing need for services due to the economy. These are full time permanent jobs with benefits. Oregon public employees contribute ZERO to their Health Care package. I feel used. How about you?
Government needs to do a little of that (job creation through government programs) during tough times. The trouble is, it won’t go away. Those jobs will stay there and never go away and, as Mock says, government will grow.
Joy.
MD: Government will grow and those jobs will stay because JFK let government workers unionize.
The jobs numbers are a ruse. No jobless recovery is a sustainable recovery unless you want live like France and GB. If that is the case, then you better lower your expectation of living standards.