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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:45 AM Sep 2012

The Cynic In Me Didn't Think The Unemployment Number Was That Bad

Low information voters will only look at the headline numbers and see statistics that go into comprising the headline numbers as distracting.

The realist in me knows the job picture is much worse and there is so much pain in the land.


I'm kind of conflicted.

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The Cynic In Me Didn't Think The Unemployment Number Was That Bad (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 OP
The unemployment number sucked. and the reason it went down was because people stopped looking for still_one Sep 2012 #1

still_one

(92,061 posts)
1. The unemployment number sucked. and the reason it went down was because people stopped looking for
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:52 AM
Sep 2012

jobs.

The point to remember is the arguments that Bill Clinton presented

This is the result of decades of trickle down economics, with no regulation. That is the same policies that the republicans want to continue

If they elect the people who cause this, that is the republicans, then fuck those people who did that when they need their healthcare, medicare, social security, endless wars, and jobs

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