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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 07:16 PM Feb 2013

A tale of two stories...

As we see the Dow go over 14,000, their are two stories on CNN right now that can make one wonder.

"Manufacturing jobs dry up" By Steve Hargreaves @CNNMoney February 1, 2013: 3:03 PM ET http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/01/news/economy/manufacturing-jobs/index.html?iid=HP_Highlight

"Jobs report: Steady hiring continues" By Annalyn Kurtz @CNNMoney February 1, 2013: 10:17 AM ET
http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/01/news/economy/january-jobs-report/index.html?iid=HP_Highlight



Steady hiring may be happening, but what about the manufacturing jobs? What is this going to do to job growth?

A personal question for me is if they are taking in the number of people with two jobs. Many have to have two jobs to make ends' meat today since the minimum wage is not a living wage. Are those new job numbers count 1 job as 1 person, or do they take in account that 1 person may equal 2 jobs?

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