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I think another issue ignored by the article was that all those complaints were made in every other year as well....the number is still reflective of the number of people employed. Part time employment is EMPLOYMEnt and has always been counted as such. Im not trying to run anyone down who is currently out of work or a part time. Im saying that the salaries of the late 1990's like the stock market was artificially inflated so yeah...people are now going to have to start working harder to reach those inflated levels again.
As usual the numbers game is being played...one side uses the numbers to claim doom and gloom and the other side uses the numbers to claim boom. So Im left to judge the economy by how it affects me and mine (since I can observe thsi first hand) and so...im left to conclude...it is waaaaaaaaaaay better than it was in 1979 and it is still better than it was last year or the year before. So Im currently content to say that the economy from all indications that I have is dong well.
Mark...sorry to hear about your job guy. I wish you luck in finding new employment....of course you DO get to benefit from the fact that it was GWB's administration that enacted a longer unemployment benefit program...
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