Dave wrote:
"I read a while back where black unemployment is down to single digits after being at 16% in 2008. maybe you should post credible sources instead of just making statements and leaving the onus on others to disprove you"
I hope you recognize the irony of these two comments.
I would see irony if I were the one who made the original statements.
Loki wrote:
I did. Two years ago, 77% were part time. I don't think you understand the way this Administration's creative bookkeeping makes them look good. Anyone who has not filed an umemployment claim is deemed employed. Anyone who has ceased receiving unemployment benefits for any reason whatsoever is deemed employed. If you are one of the millions of people who have had their weekly hours cut to under 30, you are counted exactly the same as a full time job. If you receive a disability check you have a job.
Why don't you check the exploding number of food stamp recipients, many of whom had to apply because their hours were cut so badly because of ACA regulations? If the employment picture is so rosy, why is black unemployment nearly twice as high as it was in 2009?
I suppose when the presidents of ABC, CBS AND CNN all three have immediate family working on the White House staff, you don't get much scrutiny or "investigative journalism" sent your way. Not if you want your brother, sister, cousin or whatever to keep their job.
I did. Two years ago, 77% were part time. I don't ... (
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Obamacare and Part-Time Employment
http://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/Full-Time-vs-Part-Time-Employment
Many have speculated that the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) has played a role in company decisions about full-time versus part-time employment. The $2,000 per employee penalty for companies that do not comply with regulations has influenced some to rethink their employment policies. In July 2013 the government pushed the start of the penalty from January 2014 to January 2015. But the anticipation of the penalty, even though delayed a year, no doubt influenced the decisions of private employers.
With regard to Obamacare and part-time employment, the surge in part-time employment was triggered by the recession, not by the Affordable Care Act, as the next chart clearly illustrates.
I read a while back where black unemployment is down to single digits after being at 16% in 2008. maybe you should post credible sources instead of just making statements and leaving the onus on others to disprove you.
Louie27 wrote:
How on earth can you say, with a straight face, he has righted the ship. Sure the job #s are good by the administrations figures. The actual figures are many more part time jobs now than before the crisis and fewer full time jobs so many have to work at two jobs just to try feed their families. Most of the full time jobs have fled this country for countries that have a labor force that receives less for their work. I think that there is one area that the unions have hurt the economy and that was a rapid escalation of their wages in comparison to the rest of society. This and more regulation on the business community has driven companies out of this country because they could not compete with others in a world market.
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You can refer to the Bureau of Labor Statistics to see what kind of jobs have been actually created.
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
Good luck expect nothing but being degraded because of you political beliefs. There are a lot of OPP posters who already think they are better than you. Be prepared to be treated like dirt.. If you can make it through the gauntlet you may make friends with a few people here; even conservatives. Good luck.
Socrates once said, "Slander is the tool of the loser when the debate is being lost". If one has point that is legitimate, then it will stand on its own merit without having to be presented in an adversarial manner.
AuntiE wrote:
The point you, so obviously, missed is this was a sitting justice, not a retired justice.
who mentioned retired? I am referring to a Supreme Court Justice, period, independent of their status at the time of their death. Being a retired justice means you are not working. It does not mean you are different from any other Supreme Court Justice, .
AuntiE wrote:
You would be partially correct. Justice Scalia is only the second sitting Supreme Court Justice to pass away since the 1950s.
How is that partially correct? Did a VP attend a Justice's funeral before Biden attends Scalia's, pre 50's or not? Will this be the first time for a VP, period?
Coos Bay Tom wrote:
Kinda like Obama paid respects to Scalia at the Supreme court but is totally disrespectful for sending the Vice president to the funeral. Propaganda is a tool best used on non thinking robots.
Was a Vice President sent to a funeral in place of a sitting President in the past when a Justice passed away? I am pretty sure I have read as much, even in recent times.
Sicilianthing wrote:
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Pass... thats a bunch a crap!
Time will tell. I have read where they were considering it (brokered convention).
Worried for our children wrote:
I wonder if the Democratic governors were thinking like this just before the 2014 midterms.
No, just view the Democrat participation rate for midterms. It is always low. The General election is a different story. I think the minority vote was the highest percentage in 2012. Time will tell. I will explore some other topics. This dead horse will probably not wake up but I'll visit it again.
Loki wrote:
A man who turned 200 million into 4 billion, as opposed to an empty suit who did absolutely nothing as a Senator and even less as Sec/State
Oh he's a smart guy. He says inflammatory things and gives the average poor conservative the feeling that he is one of them. He is doing to them what the GOP did to the Tea Party-using them for votes while not really caring about their specific issues. He wants a shot at President to go with his billion dollars. I don't blame him but the way he is going about it will work for the democrats. There are not enough conservatives around to win the General Election. He needs moderates, independents, minorities, gays and every other demographic you and I could fathom. The GOP primaries are not reflections of America as a whole. That is why I think the GOP will pull off a brokered convention.-to save face.
PoppaGringo wrote:
A casino owner has to obey laws. The SofS and Senators are under no such restrictions. Ask Hillary if you don't believe it.
I am referring to the type and level of knowledge relative to what a POTUS would face.
Tasine wrote:
Son of a gun! You've really been around, huh? Constitutionalists, foreign affairs specialists, economists, conservatives........all of us think one should have a clue about what being President is.......the one in office now has not a clue, Clinton had not a clue, Jimmy Carter had not a clue - and one can see our nation is almost gone.......a few decent knowledgeable Presidents could have possibly made a difference even when tied down by democrat congresses.
So does being a Secretary of State and a Senator outweigh being a casino owner?
Tasine wrote:
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Wow! You are truly scarey! Unless you are pulling our leg.
No, this is how things will transpire, with a liberal Supreme Court to boot. The writing is on the wall.
Loki wrote:
I can just see Hillary now....."I did not have sex with that woman." Or maybe, "It depends on what your definition of 'is' is."
No that will not win her OR the GOP any elections. The American people are tired of tabloid material. They want people with specific, well thought out plans to address the problems America faces.
Tasine wrote:
She's been around, in the public eye for 16 years and you need to hear what she has to say NOW?????????? Her actions over the past aren't good enough to make a decision on.
You noticed that I keep saying when she debates Rubio? I don't need to hear what she says. I know what she has accomplished and I know Presidents Clinton and Obama will be the best two people to have in her corner. Even if she could not handle the job, which I doubt, all she would have to do is ask them how to do the job.