JaysCyYoung
Legend
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
Teacher's union kingpin, therealladyboy.
Teacher's union kingpin, therealladyboy.
OT: American Politics
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JohnnyHolmes
Banned
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
That is pretty damn funny. The guy is a walking contradiction.
That is pretty damn funny. The guy is a walking contradiction.
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
you were happy the teachers poured massive $ (aka your money) into a political campaign supporting someone from a party you allegedly hate, that is the height of hypocrisy
you hate McGuinty because he is taking away some of your entitlements, the same type of entitlements you think are the bane of North American society.
you were happy the teachers poured massive $ (aka your money) into a political campaign supporting someone from a party you allegedly hate, that is the height of hypocrisy
you hate McGuinty because he is taking away some of your entitlements, the same type of entitlements you think are the bane of North American society.
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JaysCyYoung
Legend
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
After the teacher's unions were largely responsible for getting Dalton elected in the first place too. How ironic.
After the teacher's unions were largely responsible for getting Dalton elected in the first place too. How ironic.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
I was referring to all the Leaf fans actually.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
Aren't you forgetting a few things? 63.5% employed Americans, lowest since 1981.
96,000 new jobs created in August. Need ~ 175,000 to break even over jobs lost and influx of new labor.
368,000 people dropped out of workforce in August, no longer looking for jobs.
These are numbers that sting. Yes it looks great to drop .2% but the drop is due to people not looking for jobs anymore as they are not factored into the unemployment equation.
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
As a teacher who was TOLD to vote for Dalton I find this incredibly frustrating, especially since it was so predictable.
KB is a walking, talking contradiction, but he is right to celebrate McStupid being denied a majority.
As a teacher who was TOLD to vote for Dalton I find this incredibly frustrating, especially since it was so predictable.
KB is a walking, talking contradiction, but he is right to celebrate McStupid being denied a majority.
Watching Romney interview on Fox and the dude just can't make that emotional connection.
The interviewer asks him about the Dems being critical of him for not mentioning the military much during the Republican convention..and he basically says that he mentioned them once and that everyone knows he is for a strong military. On the other hand he says, Obama wants to cut jobs there. The guy can't seem to look at any issue through a different angle than is a job created or not. A bigger question is, do you actually value the military? Ie How do these guys get treated when they come back. How much are they paid. Etc
The interviewer asks him about the Dems being critical of him for not mentioning the military much during the Republican convention..and he basically says that he mentioned them once and that everyone knows he is for a strong military. On the other hand he says, Obama wants to cut jobs there. The guy can't seem to look at any issue through a different angle than is a job created or not. A bigger question is, do you actually value the military? Ie How do these guys get treated when they come back. How much are they paid. Etc
JaysCyYoung
Legend
Re: OT: Canadian Politics
Out of curiosity, how is it not illegal for the union to be dictating to its members who to vote for? That seems just ridiculously inappropriate and totally undemocratic.
Also, what reasons did they provide for telling you that?
Out of curiosity, how is it not illegal for the union to be dictating to its members who to vote for? That seems just ridiculously inappropriate and totally undemocratic.
Also, what reasons did they provide for telling you that?
JohnnyHolmes
Banned
I am more surprised that there were actually 15000 manufacturing jobs to lose.
What gets made in the USA these days?
I have a better idea. How about these US corporations stop outsourcing all of their manufacturing jobs to places like India, China or Indonesia, and take a smaller profit.
How much is enough?
The US made its' own bed. Nobody is going to do what actually needs to be done to fix the problem.
What gets made in the USA these days?
I have a better idea. How about these US corporations stop outsourcing all of their manufacturing jobs to places like India, China or Indonesia, and take a smaller profit.
How much is enough?
The US made its' own bed. Nobody is going to do what actually needs to be done to fix the problem.
JaysCyYoung
Legend
Until 2011.
lecoqsportif
Well-known member
Totally agree. Civilian employment to population rate is very important. The other story being missed here is that a lot of newly created jobs are lower paying than the ones that were lost.
Needed a bigger/better stimulus to break the household debt deleveraging freefall.
lecoqsportif
Well-known member
Just no letter bombs to MIT, 'K?
zeke
Well-known member
yes, they are factored into that U6 number there, as are underemployed workers.
zeke
Well-known member
http://portalseven.com/employment/unemployment_rate_u6.jsp
What is U6 unemployment rate ?
The U6 unemployment rate counts not only people without work seeking full-time employment (the more familiar U-3 rate), but also counts "marginally attached workers and those working part-time for economic reasons." Note that some of these part-time workers counted as employed by U-3 could be working as little as an hour a week. And the "marginally attached workers" include those who have gotten discouraged and stopped looking, but still want to work. The age considered for this calculation is 16 years and over
U6:
FEB '94: 11.4 - (first full month Clinton took over)
FEB '91: 7.4 - (first full month Bush took over)
FEB '09: 15.3 - (first full month Obama took over)
AUG '12: 14.7
What is U6 unemployment rate ?
The U6 unemployment rate counts not only people without work seeking full-time employment (the more familiar U-3 rate), but also counts "marginally attached workers and those working part-time for economic reasons." Note that some of these part-time workers counted as employed by U-3 could be working as little as an hour a week. And the "marginally attached workers" include those who have gotten discouraged and stopped looking, but still want to work. The age considered for this calculation is 16 years and over
U6:
FEB '94: 11.4 - (first full month Clinton took over)
FEB '91: 7.4 - (first full month Bush took over)
FEB '09: 15.3 - (first full month Obama took over)
AUG '12: 14.7
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
You're kidding right? Yeah they are "factored" because the amount of worker participation is lowered thereby lowering the unemployment rate. It's not good at all zeke, don't try and portray it to be.