As much as I dislike Uncle Ronnie, don't think it is comparable

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Post #394,280 by crazy 9/8/14 7:13:49 PM Reply	As much as I dislike Uncle Ronnie, don't think it is comparable "discouraged workers", ie: those that have given up looking aren't part of the number, and it seems to me there are a LOT more this time around. Automation and job exporting has killed huge numbers of jobs for US citizens, and they ain't coming back. Not that I blame this on Obama, it is simply the situation that he fell into.
Post #394,286 by drook 9/8/14 9:01:40 PM Reply	I'm starting to question that Automation doesn't eliminate jobs. If the productivity gains are shared with labor, the whole economy improves. Everyone makes more. Automation doesn't kill jobs, it just provides cover for owners to reduce headcount. -- Drew

Obama Outperforms Reagan On Jobs, Growth And Investing - (lincoln) - (7) - Sept. 8, 2014, 03:07:11 PM EDT

Unpossible! -NT - (drook) - (1) - Sept. 8, 2014, 04:54:41 PM EDT

Not to mention besmirching a Saint! :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 8, 2014, 05:04:01 PM EDT

As much as I dislike Uncle Ronnie, don't think it is comparable - (crazy) - (1) - Sept. 8, 2014, 07:13:49 PM EDT

I'm starting to question that - (drook) - Sept. 8, 2014, 09:01:40 PM EDT

counted unemployment different back then -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 8, 2014, 07:41:22 PM EDT

Yep! The economy's really taking off. Especially for the "right" people. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Sept. 9, 2014, 10:47:55 AM EDT

Ho ho, then you ain't gettin' no Coke!
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