Received: by 10.66.74.39 with SMTP id q7mr3291921pav.29.1349627670618; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:34:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Path: t10ni23619461pbh.0!nntp.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.glorb.com!news.astraweb.com!border5.newsrouter.astraweb.com!not-for-mail From: "Frank Howell" Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel References: <2d87481d-c3fd-497a-aa57-39d4a492247e@googlegroups.com> <50706d5f$0$36197$c3e8da3$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com> Subject: Re: OT...unemployment rate Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:34:27 -0700 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Lines: 60 Message-ID: <5071af16$0$1231$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com> Organization: Unlimited download news at news.astraweb.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 97dc5e9b.news.astraweb.com X-Trace: DXC=gaC^CAng0]PT29dUO<;ckYP X-Received-Bytes: 2578 nothermark wrote: > On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 15:04:48 -0700 (PDT), Hank > wrote: > >> On Saturday, October 6, 2012 1:41:52 PM UTC-4, bruce wrote: >>> On 10/6/2012 4:06 AM, Hank wrote: >>> >>>> Reports show that the unemployment rate has dropped to 7.8% and >>>> the stock market hit a 5 year high. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Just sayin' :-) >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Hank >>> >>> >>> >>> That unemployment number is a fraud, and in terms of uninflated >>> dollars >>> >>> the stock market is anemic. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> >>> >>> "The truth is hate speech for those who hate truth." >> >> I'm just reporting what I saw on the news. You can call it fraud or >> not. I don't care. >> >> On a personal note, most of the people I know are back to work. My >> investments are growing instead of dropping. YMMV >> >> Hank > > A bunch of folks I know are about to freak out the Conservatives. > Under 65, laid off and not looking for work as there is nothing around > to apply for as yet another former job powerhouse closed. Aside from > Kodak GM just announced the center for Fuel Cell research is moving to > Michigan. Something to do with their tax deal timing out. Most of > the workers have sufficient 401K money and a working spouse to just > ride out a couple of years until they start drawing Social Security. Me thinks that the large increase in part time jobs with the latest BLS job report are do to harvest times in September in the ag business. -- Frank Howell