Comments on: Percentage of adult working population is at lowest level in 15 years.

By: Uosdwis

Uosdwis — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:48:00 +0000

I wouldn’t feel sorry for the Bush white house being out of work. If they aren’t set up for life with trust funds, they have speaking engagements to look forward to, or are lawyers who are never out of work. The rest will be absorbed into right-wing think-tanks. None of them will struggle to find a job.

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:46:28 +0000

ralph,
The meme “Go get a job, you hippie” mostlikely applies to themselves, it seems. Oh, by the way, it will soon apply to the Bush White House staff, too.

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:43:58 +0000

Remember the good old days when a topic like this would bring out three, maybe four trolls trying to derail the topic and claiming that the economy was showing “strong growth” or saying Clinton Did It™ ?

yeah, those were some good times for Troll-Whacking.

By: greenpagan

greenpagan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:29:18 +0000

the brown acid @ # 13 says:

We’re going to see these numbers get worse in the next two months as all the neo-con trolls get laid off.

But wait and see. The trolls will say getting laid off was their own fault, praise Crapitalism, pray to the Big Daddy in the Sky and call every act passed by Congress intended to assist the workingclass and preserve the country crypto-Islamic Afro-Leninism.

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By: hussein toasterhead

hussein toasterhead — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:21:28 +0000

zuch Says:

The share of adult men with jobs….
Shouldn’t that be “adult persons” [or “people”]?

Cheers,

November 7th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
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No, they’re talking specifically about men in the New York Times story. Including women in the metric throws off the long term statistic, as there was a much smaller percentage of women in the workplace 15-20 years ago. If you want to compare apples to apples, you need to look at the percentage of men working only.

By: the brown acid

the brown acid — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:00:49 +0000

We’re going to see these numbers get worse in the next two months as all the neo-con trolls get laid off.

By: zuch

zuch — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:47:40 +0000

The share of adult men with jobs….

Shouldn’t that be “adult persons” [or "people"]?

Cheers,

By: tokin librul

tokin librul — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:37:34 +0000

Well, that segued right into our unemployment being the highest it has ever been in 15 years. I hate my job and really want to find something else. But, I am staying put right now. I don’t want to end up “low man on the totem pole” right now.
November 7th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

that’s got a name in labor economics: “Labor Discipline.” management enforces discipline by the mere existence of a big unemployed pool. People suck it up rather than take a chance in a new job, even if the hate the one they’re now in…

Capitalism REQUIRES a large pool of unemployed to enforce “discipline” on workers…

By: tokin librul

tokin librul — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:35:09 +0000

The “official” rate is close to 7%, and will get there next year.

The “real” rate is close to 10% and climbing…

The economy “lost” another 250K jobs last month alone…

By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins

Bilbo Hussein Baggins — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:28:07 +0000

By: Zooey

Zooey — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:22:10 +0000

The legacy of George W. Bush.

By: the Lone Voice of Reason

the Lone Voice of Reason — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:19:46 +0000

#5tombaker-Don’t count out the next generation-or mine for that matter(born ‘64), because I AM raising my daughters to make a difference in their corner of the world and they are definitely taking it to heart, and I am delighted to say that their friends are trending that way, too. We will NEVER give in to a defeatist attitude or religious nutjobs without a fight.

By: freeman

freeman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:06:48 +0000

Freedom and justice for all people , whatever their skin color , religion , ethnicity or country .
god bless everyone ….no exceptions .

By: tombaker

tombaker — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:01:55 +0000

Nice. By the time I’m dead (born ‘66) Republicans will have shittied up my entire trip through life. I’m afraid the occasinal Clinton or Obama isn’t going to be enough to change that.

Thanks, *ssholes.

By: freeman

freeman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:01:21 +0000

OT /
Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun and founder of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, has the honor of being the first member of the “religious left” to lambast the new President.
This was no mistake on Emanuel’s part. Rahm Emanuel has a long history of militarist ideology behind him. His father was a member of the ultra-right-wing terrorist organization Etzel that killed British civilians as part of their anti-British struggle in Palestine in the 1940s. Emanuel, himself a citizen of Israel as well as the United States, has been one of several Congressional leaders enforcing the “Israel Lobby” concensus on the Democrats, in the process shutting out the peace voices that believe Israel’s security would be better served by the U.S. putting pressure on Israel to end the Occupation, move the Wall to inside the pre-67 boundaries, and remove the settlers from the West Bank or tell them to live there as Palestinian citizens.

By: freeman

freeman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:58:34 +0000

As a bohemian myself let me be the first to congratulate them . Now they will have time to blog , think , and take their autonomies back from the grasp of their corporate overlords .
/ half snark

By: Frosty Cupcake

Frosty Cupcake — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:58:03 +0000

The Republicans and their Democratic enablers have done big business’ bidding for 30 years now.

How’s that working out for everyone?

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:57:32 +0000

A “Center-R(R)ight” Country…
… Heck of a job, if you still have one!!!