http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/07/the-obama-economy-unemployment-falls-to-77-percent Comments On: The Obama Economy: Unemployment Falls to 7.7 Percent by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Reader01]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:13:10 -0800 The Stranger
The unemployment rate only counts those who are collecting unemployment. It does not count those who's benefits have ran out or those unemployed who never had unemployment benefits, like recent grads.

Also lets see what happens to the rate when the holiday temp jobs run out.
Posted by Cascadian Bacon]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:32:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by biffp]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:30:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Brooklyn Reader]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:02:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Reader01]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:24:29 -0800 The Stranger
I wonder how many of the newly self-employed are trying to work freelance because they're sick of waiting for a traditional job.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:44:18 -0800 The Stranger
Maybe you should move out of the South?
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:10:05 -0800 The Stranger We'll call it 10.
Posted by aureolaborealis]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:49:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by biffp]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:14:56 -0800 The Stranger
The people will not be fooled. Romney will win in a landslide.

Two words: ONE TERM PRESIDENT.
Posted by this guy I know in Spokane]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:07:16 -0800 The Stranger
If the job market actually is improving, then why are employers still receiving hundreds of resumes for open positions? This is still the case even in Seattle, where the eCONomy supposedly is better than most of the rest of the country.

The only logical answer is that more people are dropping out of the labor market, and the jobs created are low-wage, dead-end positions. Maybe the job market will shrink to a size that our eCONomy actually can support after the vast majority of the baby boomers have retired.
Posted by Original Andrew]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:47:30 -0800 The Stranger
eeeeehauw!!!!

maybe now Obama can start paying his way and quit stealing 40¢ of every dollar he blows from our children....
Posted by The Trillion Dollar (Deficit) Man!]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:44:32 -0800 The Stranger
How about all those discouraged unemployed not counted.

At least the unemployment rate hasn't gone up.

Not as
Posted by neo-realist]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:28:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sperifera]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:14:19 -0800 The Stranger
I'm puzzled about this too.

How many are self-funded vanity projects running off a 401k.


Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:05:18 -0800 The Stranger
Granted, the prices aren't collapsing today in the fashion they did back then, but I'm still going to be interested if they fall to their lowest level since Obama's inauguration.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:01:53 -0800 The Stranger
How many of these are people being forced to take what would otherwise be ordinary jobs, on a 1099 as an "independent contractor"?

The modern sharecroppers of the office world.
Posted by Brooklyn Reader]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:55:00 -0800 The Stranger
"..cut 1,000 jobs, led but a loss of another..."

I have noticed gas prices have been steadily falling since the election, but of course Obama should not get credit for that. But perhaps a sign of renewed confidence in the stability that the Obama White House brings?
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:47:07 -0800 The Stranger Good numbers...seems like they would have less reason to fudge (if they ever did) given the election is over.

Let's focus on the Middle Class tax cuts and making sure they don't pick regular people's pockets for $1000 to $3000.
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:35:04 -0800 The Stranger