Ok, lets get something straight. Job number is a bit down....Who cares? Its POSITIVE job growth. It has been for some time. It's going to take a bit at this rate to recover from the insane amount of jobs lost under Bush. Negative is bad. Positive is good. Keep repeating that to yourselves.
The parabolic rise of the chart is telling. It should be to anyone with an honest opinion.

I don't know why any one expected the Unemployment Rate to go down or why there to be more new jobs. What exactly has Obama done to create new jobs in the past three years. Will Obama got his stimulus, hundrens of Billions of Dollars to create jobs. And what jobs did it create? A good portion went to Tax Cuts, NO NEW JOBS there. Another good portion went to states to support Public Sector Unions, that didn't result in any NEW JOBS. Then again some went to those Green Energy Companies, Solyndra, Beacon, and ENR-1, again NO NEW JOBS. And then there was those Shovel Ready Jobs, once again NO NEW JOBS.

Only the Government can spend 850 Billion on creating jobs and end up with a NET LOSS. And the Democrat answer is to spend even more money. Folks it didn't work the first time.

By the way, what happened to the Democrat push to extend Unemployment Benefits? Are the people on Unemployment today less worthy of extended benefits than those on Unemployment two years ago? I think it is interesting that when people run out of Unemployment Benefits they drop off the workforce and the Unemployment Rate drops. Could the Democrats have abandon their drive to extend Unemployment Benefits so these people would be dropping out of the workforce and the Unemployment Rate would drop before the election? I wonder what the Unemployment Rate would be today if Unemployment Benefits were never ending?"No They Couldn't, It is Time for Change".

In order to have a filibuster in the Senate, first one must put forward some type of lesislation like a budget that can be debated and amended by all parties.

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I think the unemployment rate can easily get down to 7.7 by November if more people just quit looking for a job and aren't counted. This has been the trend for the last 10 months. Definitely working to the President's advantage.

Notice benen's graph starts in Feb of 2008.

Notice his graph does not show the growth under GWB, only the lies of job creation under obummer.

Fact is there are fewer people working today than when obama took office.

Notice benen never shows the graph of the number of companies in Jan 2009 compered to today.

He will never post a chart showing the fact there are fewer compaines today than when obama took office.

More left wing lies.

Johnny, you know exactly what he means. A CEO should not pay federal income tax at a rate lower than his secretary. The Bush tax cuts on those earning more than $250,000 a year should be allowed to expire, while those on the middle class and working poor should be renewed. It's not rocket science, and it's not an unfair burden.

Steve - You keep referring to the Great Recession. The correct term is the Bush Depression. Get it right!

For those 103,000 people who found work...congratulations! Sorry that 7,000 public employees lost their jobs. Republicans are cheering that 103,000 found jobs and 7,000 lost jobs. That is a sick mentality have!

Most sane intelligent Americans are getting it! They are seeing the president and Democrats trying to help our nation recover from decades of failed trickle down economics, yet they also see Republicans standing in the way of progress, blaming the president for everything. Republicans act as if they are not Americans, that being legislators they don't have any responsibility for doing their job, which is to do what is best for the nation in a time of crisis and not what is best for their party's election chances. They need to called out for their treasonous acts they have perpetrated on our nation by the media but the media doesn't have the guts to do so. Why? Then it would look like they are promoting a conspiracy with them being perceived as taking sides. Well, they need to report the truth and worry about the backlash later.

We have turned the corner! I getting tired of this microwave American mentality that believes all problems, no matter how large and no matter who structurally they are entrenched in our economic system, can be fixed in the time it takes to pop popcorn in a microwave.

Pay attention because I am only going to say this once! We were losing almost 800,000 jobs a month during the last months and into the first six months of this administration. And now we have turned that around! Read the darn chart!!! Could it be better? Heck yea! But would you rather it be like it was in November of 2008 we our nation lost trillions in wealth, the credit markets dried up, housing prices began to go through the floor, banks were on the brink of collapse? Not to mention we were involved in two military wars that we were borrowing money to pay for thanks to Bush, Ryan and Boehner and the rest of the Republican cabal!

Stop whining! Stop acting as if this president was supposed to wave some magic jobs wand and POOF! 23 million people had jobs! In the real world it doesn't happen that way. In Republican land, maybe. But that is a totally alternative universe.

What the two conventions showed the nation was the progress that has been made by this administration to recover from the incompetence of Republican rule and how the Republicans don't have any plans that they are willing to share. The debates will be the determining factor in this election.

We Are Better Off Part II Choose That Future!
I saw the top ten political speeches of my lifetime at the Charlotte Democratic Convention and if you STILL don't think we are better off than four years ago then remember this...'W' was still 'the president' four years ago! Nuff said!

Not only did the Democratic Party prove with facts and figures that we have begun to fix the horrendous mess the Republicans had put us in, but the Democrats proved it with body and soul as well! If you weren't inspired by Lilly Ledbetter then you're crazy! If Gabby Giffords didn't make you cry and determined to fight hate and bigotry then you're heartless! And while the Democrats put our brave members of the Armed Forces in center stage of their convention, the Republicans forgot they existed!

And if you didn't see the best president and vice president with the most perfect spouses and families...sorry, but I think you're lying!

LONG LIVE AMERICA! FOUR MORE YEARS! FIRED UP, READY TO GO!
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some of you can put a silver lining around this steaming pile of poo, but I'm not standing for this anymore. It's time for a change.

The Chart Shows That We're Headed In The Right Direction.

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Question?? How is the POTUS suppose to create jobs? He doesn't own one company. Outside of the POTUS and his cabinet negotiating with these companies HOW IN THE HELL IS THE LACK OF JOBS HIS FAULT??????? maybe i am ignorant to how this can be remotely logical... Outside of the POTUS going in and strong arming every company that made profits in the millions, billions and trillions and force them to give money back and hire. How is this logical ?? Are you complainer saying the POTUS should be the CEO of every company or business to govern as well as run the country..?????

Help me understand PLEASE!!!!

the economy is still growing so slow that a newly graduated social worker like myself cannot find my first job post MSW graduation. This includes even per deum positions. This is partially because the market is so competitive with people who have been unemployed and have more experience than myself. It is making me frustrated, because i placed so much effort into finding work and have had all rejections. I am still supporting Obama because i think he would do the better job, but I'm getting scared about my current student loans since this is taking so long. i do not want a dead end job like dunkin donuts when i am so over qualified.

I still have to ask: the "Job Creators" have everything they want except a Republican president. Tax cut, booming stock market, increasing freedom from foreign oil, corporation subsidies intact, etc.

WHERE ARE THE JOBS? WHY ARE THEY MILKING THE FEW EMPLOYEES THEY KEPT?

Oh,wait . . . they got their feelings hurt with Dodd/Frank. Tsk, tsk.

Day 3 more LIES
FactChecking Obama and Biden
Posted on September 7, 2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a rousing double-header, Democratic delegates heard Barack Obama and Joe Biden both accept renomination on their convention’s final night. And we heard some facts being spun.

• President Obama boasted that his plan would cut the deficit by $4 trillion over 10 years, citing “independent experts.” But one such analyst called a key element of the plan a “gimmick.”
• Vice President Biden quoted GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney as saying “it’s not worth moving heaven and earth” to catch Osama bin Laden. Actually, Romney said he’d target more than just “one person.”
• The president said U.S. automakers are “back on top of the world.” Nope. GM has slipped back to No. 2 and is headed for third place in global sales this year, behind Toyota and Volkswagen.
• Biden said “the experts” concluded Romney’s corporate tax plan would create 800,000 jobs in other countries. One expert said that. She also said the number depends on the details, and foreign jobs could grow without costing U.S. jobs.
• Obama quoted Romney as saying it was “tragic” to “end the war in Iraq.” What Romney was criticizing was the pace of Obama’s troop withdrawal, not ending a war.
• Biden claimed Romney “believes it’s OK to raise taxes on middle classes by $2,000.” Romney actually promises to lower middle-class taxes.
• Biden said Romney and running mate Paul Ryan “are not for preserving Medicare at all.” Actually, the plan they endorse would offer traditional Medicare as one option among many.
• Obama said his tax plan would restore “the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president” for upper-income taxpayers. Not quite. New taxes to finance the health care law also kick in next year, further burdening those same taxpayers.

Notice those graphs do not show the number of people in the work force.

Ever wonder why that is?

Due to the fact they are fewer people in the work force today than in Jan 2009 when obama took office!!!!

The lefty's always playing games with the statistics.

Ever look at the over 8% unemployment rate?

Obummer has not added 1 job!!!!! he is down around 5 million to date.

When you add to something, it means you have increased the number, fact is there are fewer people working today than in Jan 2009,

But keep up the smoke & mirrors act.

Time for a CHANGE to move FORWARD.

Let's not forget there are jobs out there, get training people.

there are job out there, correct me if I am worng

UGH!!

When I saw this number I wanted to scream. The last thing we need is something like this Romney and Ryan (the evil duo) can twist and turn into scaring voters into putting them into office.

We have to take these new job figures in stride and understand what the United States is up against. We have many long term structural problems that have come home to roast. The new normal right now will be continued sluggish job growth for decades to come until we take on our long term problems. We need to take a deep breath and start understanding what these long term problems are. Here are the major reasons hiring right now is sluggish in America. Smart people on this blog may have their own lists of problems to add to or modify what I write here:

1. Our health care system is a huge dead weight on hiring. It costs employers way too much money to hire full time workers because our health care system is too expensive. In 2010, our health insurance premiums cost nearly $13,000 for a family health insurance policy. Health insurance premiums have been increasing at about three times the rate of normal inflation. We could possibly see health insurance policies rise to $26,000 annually for a family policy by 2020, especially if the Affordable Care Act is not fully implemented or repealed as the GOP wants to do. We need a Medicare for all public option made available at the insurance exchanges in 2014 in order to stay competitive against countries that have more efficient single payer. This is not about welfare this is about our national economic security.

2. We must get rid of imported OPEC oil forever. We subsidize fuel to the level of $11 to $15 per gallon. The environmental costs, health care costs, and the military costs of imported fuel are killing our economic growth. We urinate away at least one trillion dollars annually overseas due to all the costs of imported OPEC oil. America must become like Angela Merkel's Germany building solar panels, wind farms, smart grids, biomass fuel projects, bullet trains, commuter rail and other mass transit systems. We need to build electric hybrid and all electric cars in America. Our media has done a terrible job about explaining the costs of imported oil. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars cost $4 trillion long term. The U.S spent $7.3 trillion on aircraft carrier task force groups in the Persian Gulf from 1976-2007. Germany's bullet trains, solar, wind, and mass transit projects make Germany more secure because Germany does not need to spend any money on a military to secure its energy.

3. We need year around school for our kids. We need three months off in the summer like we need a hole in our heads. We are an urban society not an agricultural one anymore. Even agricultural states need grown up adults running the expensive machinery because its not a job for children. If you listened carefully to President Clinton's speech you will here much that is cause for worry. We have slipped to 15th or 16th place in the number of young adults 25-35 with a college degree or at least an associate's degree. We can not afford to compete in the 21st century global economy. If we had more investments in community college and trade apprenticeships, we could have three million more Americans working in high technology jobs. We have to have year around school and by age 16 those who are not going onto four year colleges need a poly-technical system, similar to Germany where high paying blue collar trades are taught to our young people.

4. We need to invest in infrastructure programs that build our way towards a better future. Much of America's infrastructure is out of date, over used, and rapidly deteriorating below safety levels. Our antiquated roads, bridges, airports, railways, and other transportation infrastructure costs businesses and commuters hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Our water mains, sewer lines, dams, levies, and flood control infrastructure are inefficient and old causing the wastage of much precious fresh water. Our power grids need to be updated and put underground wherever possible in urban areas. Our mass transit systems, buses, subways, and commuter rail need modernization and expansion. The American Society of Civil Engineers has our infrastructure needs at $2.2 trillion over the next five years. This figure is just for maintenance not for expansion.

We need to take a deep breath, exhale, and start thinking about long term strategic planning for America. We need to concentrate on making our society and country more competitive in the global economy of the 21st century. We have to build and educate our way out of our problems. Please start looking beyond monthly job figures and start thinking about the ferocious economic competition we face in the 21st century and how we need to adapt to it.

Please support Obama/Biden 2012 so we can build a better country for our kids and grand kids. There are no quick fixes to America's problems just lots of cumulative sweat, toil, and sacrifice but together under President Obama we can start to turn our country around for renewal and growth. This is what hope and change look like in the 21st century global economy.

After 6 years of Bush we were loosing 300,000+ jobs a month thanks to the republician manic deregulations to kiss the ars os big business we were on the verg of the worst financial mess going back to 1929 guys like Bernie Madoff were found every where we were in the grasp of 2 fake wars that were not paid for.Now Mitt Romney wants to reward the same people the same way Bush did by giving tax cuts to the guys who sent our American jobs to Communist CHINA or other 3d world countries were people live in cardboard and tin huts and have no drinkable water and expect the American working Men and Women to compete.Under Mitt my home state saw a increase in unemployment and lost jobs he raised fee,s on many state license,s and registrations raised the tuition at state schools this was bad for working class people and the poor AT the same time he was giving tax breaks to the well off .

How do the GOP think that they can blackmail us by obstructing passing any jobs bill to help us, then blame Obama because of low job numbers. Pass a bill B!T(#! I'm tired of hearing the same stupid s#!t about all the American people out of work. Pass a bill B!t(#! They won't pass the transportation bill or the jobs bill, blackmailing us for more money. How stupid do they think we are? Congress and the GOP need to check themselves!!!

The Republican Legacy

In 2005 2.1 million homes were started, in 2011 that figure had dropped to .6 million homes started. That drop of 1.5 million in starts removes 400 billion dollars a year from our economy, that means 4 million jobs* and up to 20% of the unemployment.

And, who got us here? Bush, the Republicans and loose banking regulation.

Republicans assert that Obama' has not fixed the unemployment problem. Is that the real problem? Unemployment figures are distorted by one key economic segment - housing construction. 25% of unemployment rises here and no one is going to lower the unemployment percentages until it recovers. The impact of the housing collapse on unemployment was not recognized when Obama came into office.

In 2005 over 2 million homes were started, in 2011 only 600,000 homes were started. The one and a half million homes at 2005 prices approximates 425 billion a year (a trillion dollars every 2.5 years).

This accounts for 4 to 5 million jobs. Many people in the housing industry are self employed and don't show up in the unemployment stats. At least 1/3 would be counted as employees and show up in the stats, they are the 1st to go and last to return as owners do what is left. This is the real issue, not unemployment as we have known it in the past. Remove this and public sector layoffs and we would be down to @ 5% to 6%

• Many of the jobs are self employed workers who are not included in the unemployment statistics and spin off job losses (e.g. closed lumber yards) are not included.