May Job Numbers

[bobabode]

"The private sector added 201,000 jobs in May, a robust improvement over the previous month and a sign the economic recovery is getting back on track, according to payroll firm Automatic Data Processing Inc.
And a Commerce Department report showing that April's trade deficit plummeted 19% in April provided further evidence that the effects of the West Coast port dispute during the winter were short-lived."

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...604-story.html

Thanks Obummer...

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Thanks Obummer...

+1.

While in Kansas the unemployment remains unchanged or creeps up a bit.
http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ks.htm

So the economic recovery plane is flying over Kansas.

And, yup.

KANSAS GOV. Sam Brownback (R) proposed raising taxes over the weekend. You read that correctly.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...y.html?hpid=z3

Great campaign fodder for economic inequality.

[merrylander]

Probably wants to raise taxes on the middle class.

[bobabode]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...n-may/?hpid=z3

"The labor market continued its resurgence in May, the government reported Friday, with the U.S. economy adding 280,000 jobs. The jobs number beat analysts' expectations of 225,000 jobs." WaPo

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Probably wants to raise taxes on the middle class.

Yep. A .5% sales tax increase.