Category Archives: Employment

…Fewer Deportations For Illegals Ahead

Posted on August 19, 2011 by bearroombrawl

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/august-18-2011/obama-administration-pledges-reduce-deportations.html He has now said that he will reduce deportation numbers AND grant illegals work permits. What could be better? Why not order them to take over existing jobs currently held by “the rich?”  

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It’s Official: Illegal Aliens To Compete With Unemployed For Jobs

Posted on August 19, 2011 by bearroombrawl

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/august-19-2011/obama-official-illegal-aliens-will-receive-work-permits.html http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=192572 The Obama administration is pandering to open border types again. Evidently they have been deporting illegals in large numbers and the open border types are mad, so they have a new schizo policy giving work permits to those … Continue reading →

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The “Skinny” On “Real” Unemployment Figures?

Posted on April 8, 2011 by bearroombrawl

http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2011/04/03/the-hindery-memo-on-jobs-the-real-unemployment-picture-shows-us-economy-short-20-million-jobs/ NoQuarter is a blog run by Larry Johnson, who was aCIA employee for a number of years. Johnson himself is strongly critical of President Obama, but he has a number of fellow contributors to the site, who are all … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Contradictory Studies….What IS The Jobless Rate???

Posted on April 7, 2011 by bearroombrawl

http://www.gallup.com/poll/146900/Gallup-Finds-Unemployment-Rate-March.aspx http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Unemployment-fell-to-2year-apf-1484765217.html?x=0 In light of my last post, this is almost too funny. The government says we are at a two year low in unemployment and Gallup says we are at 10 percent. Who to believe? I can’t swear I’m … Continue reading →

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Is The Economy Turning Around At Last? Number One Optimist Says Yes….

Posted on March 11, 2011 by bearroombrawl

http://www.californiaforecast.com/newsletter/March%202011.pdf I don’t know too much about the folks over at California Forecast, but I can say they are certainly optimistic: “The phase of the economy cycle in which you become convinced that the economy is clearly in recovery, increased … Continue reading →

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“Texas Mystery” (Illegal Immigration From India) Baffles L.A. Times

Posted on February 6, 2011 by bearroombrawl

The print edition of the L.A. Times has a front page article 2/6 about what they call a “Texas Mystery.” Evidently thousands of people, mostly young men, are fleeing India and arriving in the U.S. illegally. An unknown number are … Continue reading →

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More Unemployment – CNBC “Spin” is Challenged

Posted on February 5, 2011 by bearroombrawl

http://www.mrc.org/bmi/articles/2011/Santelli_Slams_CNBC_Panelists_for_Spinning_Jobs_Report.html The above link has a nice little exchange regarding the headline news about unemployment. Most “mainstream” outlets are leading with the large drop. The LA Times print edition trumpeted about it and saved the bad news for below the … Continue reading →

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More About Unemployment – Is It Even Worse Than The Official Figures?

Posted on February 5, 2011 by bearroombrawl

Gallup says that the unemployment rate is truly 9.9% and the “underemployment” rate is twice that: http://www.gallup.com/poll/125639/Gallup-Daily-Workforce.aspx The caveat here is that they do the accounting a little differently than the feds do. But yesterday’s lesson is that 500,000 people … Continue reading →

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Jobs Report For January – Does It Stink Or Is It A Rose?

Posted on February 4, 2011 by bearroombrawl

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm The headlines are that the rate itself dropped .4 percent. On the surface that seems good. But only 36,000 jobs were created, 720 per state. Ouch. We need 1.3 million in California alone to get back where we were. … Continue reading →

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