Friday, March 05, 2004
Vacuous headline of the day
"Job Growth Surprisingly Slow in February." Who was surprised? Not us!
And a tip of the Ol' Corrente Hat to Izvestia on the Hudson!
200-300,000 new jobs a month are needed to keep pace with population growth. So relative to what we need to do, Bush is falling behind.
With the expected 125,000 created out of 200,000 needed: 50%. Let's call that a C, like the kind of grade Bush got at Yale.
With 21,000 out of 200,000: 10%. I'd give him an F, like the kind of grade he's going to get in November. Wouldn't you?
Maybe we didn't cut taxes on the rich enough?
The U.S. economy created just 21,000 jobs in February, far fewer than the 125,000 new jobs expected, government data showed today.
And a tip of the Ol' Corrente Hat to Izvestia on the Hudson!
200-300,000 new jobs a month are needed to keep pace with population growth. So relative to what we need to do, Bush is falling behind.
With the expected 125,000 created out of 200,000 needed: 50%. Let's call that a C, like the kind of grade Bush got at Yale.
With 21,000 out of 200,000: 10%. I'd give him an F, like the kind of grade he's going to get in November. Wouldn't you?
Maybe we didn't cut taxes on the rich enough?
