tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post182027594761090815..comments2023-11-02T06:44:25.146-05:00Comments on Molly's Middle America: What Was the Unemployment Rate When Obama Took Office Compared To Now? (September 2012 update)Middle Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441441493867436577noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post-19545648662274497562013-02-11T17:40:32.595-06:002013-02-11T17:40:32.595-06:00Sorry, I missed your reply.
I'm not quite sur...Sorry, I missed your reply.<br /><br />I'm not quite sure how to respond. Where were you in 2009 and 2010? We were losing 800,000 jobs a month and up to 800,000 new unemployment claims a week around the time that Obama took office. Did you really expect that we would stop losing jobs and start adding jobs the first day Obama took office? It always takes a while to hit bottom and then to start to again add jobs. In Obama's case, the stimulus was passed in February 2009 and the first contracts went out in late March and April. The rate of job loss did slow in those first three months that Obama was in office.. then it took another few months for the economy to really show the first signs of turning around. This is not surprising at all. For many reasons, not the least of which was the depth of the financial chaos and also the desire of the Republicans to use the faltering economy as an excuse to regain the House in 2010 (which worked) and the Presidency and the Senate in 2012 (which didn't work) at the expense of the American people, the recovery has not been as quick as some would like. <br /><br />Of course we need more jobs! But that should not detract from the recovery that we have had. 6.1 million new private sector jobs after the worst economic collapse in 80 years is nothing to sneeze at. <br /><br />We can only imagine how well we'd be doing by now if the Republicans actually gave two cents about the American people instead of their corporate (and ALEC) bosses.Middle Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441441493867436577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post-78287953758418364362012-12-17T09:32:08.203-06:002012-12-17T09:32:08.203-06:00Thanks for this information. Really disturbing, I ...Thanks for this information. Really disturbing, I must say. It's just sad to see that we haven't felt any change since Obama took office. I don't have anything against the good guy, it's just that we no longer know where to seek ways on improving the employment rate in the US. Jennifer Grahamhttp://www.thinktankmag.com/author/jennifer_graham.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post-91526979846056251922012-11-07T10:42:38.304-06:002012-11-07T10:42:38.304-06:00thanks, Mollythanks, MollyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post-90257381767472479352012-11-02T21:15:12.343-05:002012-11-02T21:15:12.343-05:00Better yet ; What was the unemployment rate under ...Better yet ; What was the unemployment rate under Bush with a Republican Congress up until 2006 ? What was the unemployment rate under Bush after the democrats took over Congress in 2007 through 2009 ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post-64175130906220653862012-11-02T03:08:18.140-05:002012-11-02T03:08:18.140-05:00the sad thinks most dont thank the president from ...the sad thinks most dont thank the president from taking a bad economy and helping us survive it tramadol247https://www.blogger.com/profile/05680798657589199578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post-25876515086711207802012-10-31T15:19:06.502-05:002012-10-31T15:19:06.502-05:00Thank you for the information!Thank you for the information!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010369046865248062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post-63197715079131190422012-10-31T02:01:01.508-05:002012-10-31T02:01:01.508-05:00Your knowledge of BLS stats is pathetic. The BLS ...Your knowledge of BLS stats is pathetic. The BLS uses the same numbers from the same surveys every month. There are two surveys: The Jobs numbers, from the CES (Establishment survey of employing establishments), and the employment/unemployment numbers from the CPS (Current Population Survey or Household Survey). Every month, the BLS reports jobs numbers, employment numbers, and the unemployment rate along with a myriad of other numbers and rates.<br /><br />Nowhere in last month's (September's) report does it report a gain of 346,000 jobs of any shape, size, or kind. <br /><br />The BLS does NOT decide to use one number one month and a different number the next no matter what you think. I would suggest you double check your sources of information because they are wrong.<br /><br />Nowhere in last month's (September's) report does it report a gain of 346,000 jobs of any shape, size, or kind. The unemployment rate went down for two big reasons: Many more people who were formerly unemployed reported employment. Many people who were not "in the labor force" decided to look for work and found jobs. <br /><br />Yes, there is a greater margin of error in the Household survey (which is always used to calculate the unemployment rate) than in the jobs (Establishment) survey, but that is always true, each and every month. That's why the unemployment rate jumps around a bit more than the jobs numbers. <br /><br />None of these reports were ever meant to be such a bell weather for the economy, as they are all best looked at over a period of months or one year over the previous, not one month vs. the next. <br /><br />I am not sure what an "Obama tool" is, but it is certainly better than whatever you are, which is uninformed and ignorant.Middle Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441441493867436577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post-67148050637181030622012-10-31T01:47:07.589-05:002012-10-31T01:47:07.589-05:00Thank you! I write this column and update the num...Thank you! I write this column and update the numbers and graphs every month.Middle Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441441493867436577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post-28528111946570251232012-10-28T13:17:17.580-05:002012-10-28T13:17:17.580-05:00You don't even sight which surveys the Labor D...You don't even sight which surveys the Labor Dept. used. For instance, the Labor Dept last month opted to use the less scientific household survey because it favored Obama more. There are 346,000 jobs claimed as a gain last month to bring us to "7.8", yet no one knows which sectors they cam from and the media isn't asking. You are an Obama tool Molly, and this "report" of yours has no credibility. Talk of the Thomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00557506428691344265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912833783359356343.post-83406195432841562802012-10-21T11:32:10.042-05:002012-10-21T11:32:10.042-05:00Molly, After a dissussion with my wife this mornin...Molly, After a dissussion with my wife this morning it prompted a question of what was the unemployment rate when President Obama took office? Your explaintion of it was succinct and I felt fact filled without bias. Thanks for doing the homework.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com