tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post8032977966277259263..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: How To Improve The Unemployment Rate - (encourage more people to give up)The Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-49789298237774053642012-08-19T06:55:36.175-05:002012-08-19T06:55:36.175-05:00For the category asking student to vote for celebr...For the category asking student to vote for celebrities who seem to be good at math, actress Kim Tae Hee ranked first with 43.4% of the votes, and Lee Seung Gi followed with 30.9% of the votes. According to the students, “Lee Seung Gi looks smart and intelligent” and “Kim Tae Hee went to Seoul National University, she is smart for real.”<br />abchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16009783030535749392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-68336403599595087082012-01-15T20:36:51.781-06:002012-01-15T20:36:51.781-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-57196838514450177382012-01-15T14:11:07.621-06:002012-01-15T14:11:07.621-06:00Nick, You may get your wish of a "cop on ever...Nick, You may get your wish of a "cop on every corner". The slack in many state and local govt revenues is being taken up by fines, penalties and "fees". If you do not believe it just check out the bail schedule for ALL violations and infractions in Commiefornia. Also, those "pockets of resistance" in the central valley agricultural areas are slowly being mopped up ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976785560712692275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-34773024018220645832012-01-15T10:55:55.640-06:002012-01-15T10:55:55.640-06:00I'm stuck here in the People's Republic of...I'm stuck here in the People's Republic of California, Charlie. There are pockets of resistance still fighting for sanity in state government. It's almost hopeless since more and more leftist lemmings and 40%ers who pay no taxes poor in.<br /><br />Buying a house was the worst thing I did here. I pay about $9000 in property taxes for schools that suck, public employees who don't Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-36405114387377668022012-01-15T01:46:06.241-06:002012-01-15T01:46:06.241-06:00I never even started looking after I was let go fr...I never even started looking after I was let go from my job this last September because it's a waste of time in this pathetic broke state of Kommiefornia. Of course there is no work here. They've run all the businesses out of state by taxing the crap out of them, and are now stuck with millions of illegals and unemployed people desperate for income. It's insane!<br /><br />I predictedCharlieDeltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969338997564702179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-31547254224604378322012-01-15T00:51:54.305-06:002012-01-15T00:51:54.305-06:00A couple of other statistics you'll rarely if ...A couple of other statistics you'll rarely if ever see mentioned:<br /><br />Not in labor force:<br />01/1/2009 - 79,734,000<br />12/1/2011 - 87,212,000<br /><br />Labor force participation rate:<br />01/01/2009 - 65.4%<br />12/01/2011 - 63.8%<br /><br />For more fun with statistics, take a day and rummage through this site:<br /><br />http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/Dave Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-91287313445512497802012-01-14T23:39:22.738-06:002012-01-14T23:39:22.738-06:00And as Nick points out, many of the new jobs are r...And as Nick points out, many of the new jobs are retail and seasonal (Christmas).<br /><br />On the other hand, loss of local government jobs is a plus (not for the individuals affected, of course, but in a big picture sense). <br /><br />Drops in local government revenue, whether through decreases in sales tax, property tax, or any other tax, is generally a good thing. It's one way to put CenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-21835426352987871032012-01-14T23:32:36.345-06:002012-01-14T23:32:36.345-06:00The change in unemployment from November to Decemb...The change in unemployment from November to December was purely based on more employed and fewer unemployed. The labor force was stable.<br /><br />But yes, you are correct. In the past several years the labor force has declined dramatically. Demographics plays a role. There were some deferred retirements from 2008 and 2009 which occurred in 2010 and 2011. Also, school enrollment kicked up Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.com