Economy adds 175,000 jobs in February

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Only the far left could take bows for adding a whopping 175K jobs........

And that the majority of the jobs created were part time.. Hmmm, Obamacare have any impact on that metric?

-Geaux

But they weren't. Part time employment went down.

 

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Zerohedge are nothing but Right-wing hacks. Remember how the Right have been telling us for years that education and government jobs pay much higher wages and benefits than than the average job and now suddenly they are "low-paying" jobs. A recent example was in support of Gov Walker's ending collective bargaining for overpaid government workers. The liars at zerohedge know their suckers will never remember what was said in the past.

Simply more proof that the Right are always on both sides of every issue depending on which way the wind blows at the time.

That post didn't make any sense at all, Ed. Nobody is saying that government jobs pay less...they've been pointing out the opposite...that government jobs are paid far better than private sector jobs. Part of the increase in "low paying jobs" that are being discussed would seem to be a result of employers turning one full time job into two part time jobs (which means two low paying jobs instead of one that pays well) trying to avoid the harsh penalties that ObamaCare would levy on them if they over a certain number of full time employees.

All you are doing is substituting one lie for another.

Part-time work FOR ECONOMIC REASONS is DOWN from 7,771,000 in Dec to 7,257,000 in Jan to 7,186,000 in Feb. The vast majority of people working part-time WANT to work part-time.

Where are you pulling that stat from?

 

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That post didn't make any sense at all, Ed. Nobody is saying that government jobs pay less...they've been pointing out the opposite...that government jobs are paid far better than private sector jobs. Part of the increase in "low paying jobs" that are being discussed would seem to be a result of employers turning one full time job into two part time jobs (which means two low paying jobs instead of one that pays well) trying to avoid the harsh penalties that ObamaCare would levy on them if they over a certain number of full time employees.

All you are doing is substituting one lie for another.

Part-time work FOR ECONOMIC REASONS is DOWN from 7,771,000 in Dec to 7,257,000 in Jan to 7,186,000 in Feb. The vast majority of people working part-time WANT to work part-time.

Where are you pulling that stat from?

BLS Table A-8

Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

 

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All you are doing is substituting one lie for another.

Part-time work FOR ECONOMIC REASONS is DOWN from 7,771,000 in Dec to 7,257,000 in Jan to 7,186,000 in Feb. The vast majority of people working part-time WANT to work part-time.

Where are you pulling that stat from?

BLS Table A-8

Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

Why didn't you include all of the stats on part time workers?

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME(2)


All industries


Part time for economic reasons(3)
8,298 7,771 7,397 7,991 8,016 7,723 7,771 7,257 7,186

Slack work or business conditions
5,457 4,924 4,506 5,116 5,025 4,869 4,884 4,405 4,251

Could only find part-time work
2,474 2,483 2,598 2,583 2,585 2,499 2,592 2,571 2,692

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)
19,500 19,473 19,651 18,925 18,755 18,858 18,731 19,165 19,027

Nonagricultural industries


Part time for economic reasons(3)
8,163 7,617 7,269 7,870 7,921 7,619 7,650 7,130 7,071

Slack work or business conditions
5,354 4,834 4,449 5,029 4,967 4,807 4,801 4,327 4,208

Could only find part-time work
2,468 2,468 2,565 2,556 2,593 2,484 2,586 2,550 2,653

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)
19,201 19,118 19,290 18,583 18,438 18,593 18,436 18,856 18,672

 

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What I highlighted shows the people that WANT to work full time but can only find part time work....that number is much higher than last year.