Hark! What's that sound on the rooftop? Could it be sleigh bells? No, it's the nation's unemployment rate, here to bring us holiday cheer! The festive unemployment rate has received its "Christmas bonus" -- increasing in November to 9.8%, a seven-month high -- while only 39,000 new jobs were created. And most of those jobs were "in the form of temporary help"; in other words, toy-making jobs, which are given only to elf Americans and don't provide benefits. It's cute how the economy is so full of Christmas spirit.
But I thought that Congress' resisting extending unemployment benefits was going to DECREASE unemployment coz all the slackers were going to face facts and go back to work. That's what Jim DeMent and Co. told me.
<i>Which makes this an ideal time for unemployment benefits to run out. </i>
And the countdown to the 2012 bloodbath begins.
But I thought that Congress&#039; resisting extending unemployment benefits was going to DECREASE unemployment coz all the slackers were going to face facts and go back to work. That&#039;s what Jim DeMent and Co. told me.
yup. the wonketteer that suggested calling repub CongressTools daily demanding &#039;jobs, jobs, jobs&#039; was right on.