US added 217000 jobs

[Dondilion]

The US jobs outlook maintains a positive tenor.

http://america.aljazeera.com/article...eport-may.html

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

The US jobs outlook maintains a positive tenor.

http://america.aljazeera.com/article...eport-may.html

Yeah but you're getting that from Aljazeera.

Them's terrists!

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Yeah but you're getting that from Aljazeera.

Them's terrists!

I know.

I have come to realize that Aljazeera uses some of the best writers and
their articles are more in depth than say the BBC.

[VanishingPoi]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I know.

I have come to realize that Aljazeera uses some of the best writers and
their articles are more in depth than say the BBC.

That is why I like them.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I know.

I have come to realize that Aljazeera uses some of the best writers and
their articles are more in depth than say the BBC.

The only news on TV that competes with Al Jazeera and BBC is the PBS Newshour. CNN, MSNBC and Faux are completely worthless with the possible exceptions of Morning Joe & Chuck Todd's morning shows on MSNBC and Fareed Zakaria on CNN on Sundays. Evenings on any of the three big American cable "news" outlets is a total wasteland.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by finnbow

The only news on TV that competes with Al Jazeera and BBC is the PBS Newshour. CNN, MSNBC and Faux are completely worthless with the possible exceptions of Morning Joe & Chuck Todd's morning shows on MSNBC and Fareed Zakaria on CNN on Sundays. Evenings on any of the three big American cable "news" outlets is a total wasteland.

As a sidebar to this BBC's Lyse Doucet just received the OBE among the many other awards she has received over the years. Pretty impressive for a Canadian girl from New Brunswick

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

The US jobs outlook maintains a positive tenor.

http://america.aljazeera.com/article...eport-may.html

But it used to be that approx 15% of jobs were that low paying type, now it is up to slightly more than 50%

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by merrylander

But it used to be that approx 15% of jobs were that low paying type, now it is up to slightly more than 50%

That is the nature of our modern US service heavy economy.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by merrylander

But it used to be that approx 15% of jobs were that low paying type, now it is up to slightly more than 50%

And that's the real problem.

We probably have enough jobs if they paid decent.

But as it is now it takes two, three, or more jobs to support a family where it should take only one.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

And that's the real problem.

We probably have enough jobs if they paid decent.

But as it is now it takes two, three, or more jobs to support a family where it should take only one.

The better paying jobs put "disposable" income into peoples pockets and create demand. The low paying jobs barely pay anyone enough to survive, if that.

Guess which one is better for economic growth.................

Yet, this point seems to be a bit beyond the grasp of all too many of our countrymen.

Dave