By now, you’ve probably seen or heard Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid’s declaration that, “Today is a big day in America.
Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good.”
As I
noted earlier, from a sober economic standpoint, there are
reasons to be encouraged by February’s job report in the sense
that the losses were lower than expected and the economy no
longer appears to be shedding jobs at a rapid clip. That said,
it’s also true that the job market is still really weak and
businesses have not started hiring again. We can debate what the
numbers mean going forward. But from a political standpoint, it’s
incredibly tone deaf, even by Reid standards, to declare 36,000
job losses a “big day” and “really good.” Democrats hammered the
Bush administration for a “jobless recovery” and attacked him on
the employment picture even as the economy added jobs. Reid’s
comment is a gift to Republicans along the lines of when John
McCain bestowed candidate Obama with the statement that “the
fundamentals of the economy are strong.”
some times you gotta wonder if this old fool just has a public
service death wish. how else can you explain the things he says?
if i were a resident of nevada i think i would be sending the
posse out for this idiot.
Opine
bt
True enough. Reid is indeed just speaking trash.
bt
A simple check of sites that garner Jobs for Resumes, or Jobs In
"...." show mostly are recovery type positions. Entreprenuerail
type positions, with no pay. Commission jobs, Insurance sales,
NGO "Positions", and a very very few actual labor type positions.
My R and D is NE so the tech jobs should show up, but not so. ANY
jobs that I have uncovered are all NON paying, future oriented,
maybe positions. The Green Job market = zero. No one is producing
anything in this market, at least in the NE.
bt
We Will Prevail Come November 2010.
Semper FI
end
The deathmask from Searchlight, Nevada has killed another 1500
highly technical jobs at Yucca Mountain Repository. That 70,000
tons of "nuclear waste" represents an incredible wealth of future
energy - sufficient for 1500 years of electricity in America.
"Dump" - he calls it; with reprocessing it is the largest source
of energy in the history of the world.
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and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress
impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist
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The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it,
makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so
many people seem to be hostile to it?
Nathan White| 3.5.10 @ 2:57PM
You're right. The number are no doubt encouraging, but what a brain dead statement.
Eric CArtman| 3.6.10 @ 1:20PM
I wouldn't hold your breath for the revised numbers. Somethings fishy here. Sniff, sniff, sniff. Yup! Very fishy.
Tim| 3.5.10 @ 3:07PM
He probably had been on conference call with Joe Biden earlier.
WB| 3.5.10 @ 4:23PM
Joe knows how to work a phone?
Missy| 3.5.10 @ 4:52PM
They're hiring hundreds of thousands of 'temporary' census workers right now--perhaps that's why it appears that job losses are decreasing.
Big Java| 3.5.10 @ 5:18PM
...and the sad fact is, we are paying this man's salary.
danny| 3.5.10 @ 7:28PM
some times you gotta wonder if this old fool just has a public service death wish. how else can you explain the things he says? if i were a resident of nevada i think i would be sending the posse out for this idiot.
Spicy Joker| 3.5.10 @ 10:58PM
Reid is such a cretin. November can't come soon enough.
Tenn Slim| 3.6.10 @ 9:07AM
Opine
bt
True enough. Reid is indeed just speaking trash.
bt
A simple check of sites that garner Jobs for Resumes, or Jobs In "...." show mostly are recovery type positions. Entreprenuerail type positions, with no pay. Commission jobs, Insurance sales, NGO "Positions", and a very very few actual labor type positions. My R and D is NE so the tech jobs should show up, but not so. ANY jobs that I have uncovered are all NON paying, future oriented, maybe positions. The Green Job market = zero. No one is producing anything in this market, at least in the NE.
bt
We Will Prevail Come November 2010.
Semper FI
end
JP| 3.6.10 @ 11:29AM
Much of the recovery is actually benefiting overseas operations, and not necessairily North America.
Oldefarte| 3.6.10 @ 2:38PM
Well, in line with 'ol Harry-ars' assessment, hopefully the 36001st unemployed person will be himself in November!!!!!
Marc Jeric| 3.6.10 @ 3:07PM
The deathmask from Searchlight, Nevada has killed another 1500 highly technical jobs at Yucca Mountain Repository. That 70,000 tons of "nuclear waste" represents an incredible wealth of future energy - sufficient for 1500 years of electricity in America. "Dump" - he calls it; with reprocessing it is the largest source of energy in the history of the world.
J.G.| 3.6.10 @ 9:08PM
Today is a great day in America. The Iranians developed nuclear weapons but have not used them yet
B.H.| 3.7.10 @ 12:12AM
Does Nevada have the "teabags" to throw
this guy out come fall?
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