I don't see many Illegals going without work. Every winter, there was a steady flow of them coming back towing cars and trucks full of stuff to sell in Mexico.

In the spring, They'll go back to their jobs.

here's Rush's explaination...most of the gains were in temporary census taking jobs...

Yeah, except the problem is it's not accurate. They did include the revised number of unemployed people up to eight million instead of seven, and they did include the first wave of Census Bureau hires -- and they're going to be hiring these workers all through June and they're gonna hire a million of them. So you're going to see the unemployment rate drop because of that, but keep in mind those Census jobs are temporary. They're going to lose their jobs when the Census work is over.

They did two tricks today in addition to what I just mentioned to you. In fact, Rick Santelli on CNBC this morning said that the level of manipulation on these numbers is intensifying. Without the move to remove how many jobs there are in the marketplace, he says the rate would be 10.6% for January, and let me explain what he means. He was specific on the Obama administration lowering how many jobs are even in the total marketplace. I think they took it from 136 million and changed it down to 129 million. So if there is a smaller universe of jobs, naturally you're going to have a lower percentage of those unemployed. They have been manipulating and doing everything they can to keep this number at or below 10%, but of course this is what's called the U3 number. The U6 number includes -- and this is the number that's around 17 or 18% -- people who have stopped looking, and that number continues to expand. These are the people whose unemployment compensation benefits have expired. So this 9.7% number... We'll wait for the revisions as we always do, and we'll pound the revisions to you when they come out. The State-Controlled Media will, of course, ignore them. But folks, it's just not what it seems to be. I really wish it were. I wish that I could wholeheartedly endorse this. But everybody was stunned by this. Not just the usual experts were surprised. Everybody, and I'm wondering...

When Americans can make a living wage for doing the illegal's work then we can address this. Let's see what is not paying...

How about the rich?..."20% of the people owned a remarkable 85%, leaving only 15% of the wealth for the bottom 80% "of the wealth"(a)..and I know it sounds "socialistic" to say this, but there has to be a slight levelling of wealth. The rolling back of the Dippic's tax cuts for the rich was a start but the top 20% can invest in America...help reform the economy...but they are hiding from even paying their fair share of taxes.

We see the corporations gaining power to allow them to outsource our skilled jobs, cut pay, avoid regulations. How about the Supreme Court (b) now allowing Big Corp to elect our officials?...JTC don't you people see what's happening? We've become a Corporate Socialist(c) country!....I do not understand how people can ignore this. Oh yeah, politics...gee wonder who's sponsoring THAT!?!

(a) http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html
(b)http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/01/supreme_court_allows_corporate.html
(c)http://www.hinde.net/lee/blog/2008/01/corporate-socialism.html

Anyone looking for clarity about the direction of the US labour market will have been disappointed by the mixed picture in the government data released on Friday.

On the one hand, the unemployment rate declined from 10 per cent to a five-month low of 9.7 per cent in January, offering hope that companies are bringing in new workers as the US economy grows again.

On the other, non-farm payrolls – which are measured in a different survey – declined by 20,000 jobs last month, a disappointment compared with economists’ expectations of a flat reading or even a small gain.

“The jury is still out,” said Andrew Tilton, an economist at Goldman Sachs in New York.

One message was clear however: the recession that began in December 2007 was even more devastating to US employment than previously thought.

Friday’s data included revisions to figures from a year ago showing that 8.4m jobs were lost since the crisis started – almost 1m more than earlier estimates – a stark reminder of the extent of the problem the labour market faces.

Economists have been expecting the US labour market to begin returning to normal in the coming months amid roaring productivity and strong annualised growth of 5.7 per cent in the fourth quarter.

There were some encouraging signs beneath the headline numbers. Stephen Stanley of RBS in Connecticut said the data “confirm our conviction that the labour market is gradually turning around but wishing that payrolls would improve faster”. The average work week increased by 0.1 to 33.3 hours, while wages increased to $18.89 per hour – both reflecting trends that are expected in a labour market recovery.

On the payrolls front, US manufacturing industry created 11,000 new positions last month – posting its first monthly gain since 2007. In addition, the number of temporary workers jumped by 52,000 and retail workers increased by 42,000, helping employment in service industries – which account for the bulk of US jobs – to increase by 48,000.

But for some economists, the glass was half-empty. “Overall, output has now been expanding for about six months, yet the economy is still shedding jobs,” said Paul Ashworth of Capital Economics in Toronto. “Output and employment normally move roughly concurrently, so based on what we’ve seen so far, this is without doubt a jobless recovery.”

The growing number of “discouraged” workers – who have stopped even looking for jobs – remains a big concern. It has ballooned from 734,000 to 1.1m people over the past year – having grown last month by 136,000. Long-term unemployment – which includes people who have not found a job for 27 weeks or more – also increased to 6.3m from 2.7m a year ago.

In addition, certain industries such as construction, remain deeply troubled. It lost 75,000 jobs last month, and while some of that decrease is being attributed to cold weather, much of it reflects the precarious health of the US housing market, which is still struggling to recover.

While the decline in the unemployment rate affected many sections of the US population, workers with college degrees or higher benefited the most – with their unemployment rate falling 0.5 percentage points to 8.5 per cent. African-Americans saw their unemployment rate jump 0.3 percentage points to 16.5 per cent.

The monthly employment report is arguably the most politically sensitive measure of the health of the US economy, invariably attracting strong reactions from both Republicans and Democrats. On Friday, Christina Romer, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said the numbers contained “signs of the beginning of recovery” but were “also a reminder of how far we still have to go to return the economy to robust health and full employment”.

The Obama administration has made job creation its top domestic priority this year, recently announcing proposals, including tax breaks and other incentives to jump-start hiring.

two recession proof industries...
#1: Medicine
#2: The Mafia

Actually he does, what are you getting at? By the way, the states most unlikely to get a job: Florida, CA, Michigan, Nevada, New York, and South Carolina. Twice as many states are ABOVE the national employment average than are below it. What say you now?

here's Rush's explaination...most of the gains were in temporary census taking jobs...

Yeah, except the problem is it's not accurate. They did include the revised number of unemployed people up to eight million instead of seven, and they did include the first wave of Census Bureau hires -- and they're going to be hiring these workers all through June and they're gonna hire a million of them. So you're going to see the unemployment rate drop because of that, but keep in mind those Census jobs are temporary. They're going to lose their jobs when the Census work is over.

They did two tricks today in addition to what I just mentioned to you. In fact, Rick Santelli on CNBC this morning said that the level of manipulation on these numbers is intensifying. Without the move to remove how many jobs there are in the marketplace, he says the rate would be 10.6% for January, and let me explain what he means. He was specific on the Obama administration lowering how many jobs are even in the total marketplace. I think they took it from 136 million and changed it down to 129 million. So if there is a smaller universe of jobs, naturally you're going to have a lower percentage of those unemployed. They have been manipulating and doing everything they can to keep this number at or below 10%, but of course this is what's called the U3 number. The U6 number includes -- and this is the number that's around 17 or 18% -- people who have stopped looking, and that number continues to expand. These are the people whose unemployment compensation benefits have expired. So this 9.7% number... We'll wait for the revisions as we always do, and we'll pound the revisions to you when they come out. The State-Controlled Media will, of course, ignore them. But folks, it's just not what it seems to be. I really wish it were. I wish that I could wholeheartedly endorse this. But everybody was stunned by this. Not just the usual experts were surprised. Everybody, and I'm wondering...

The last that I've heard is that many of them went back home due to the job market here. The jobs are just not there.

Obama and the Democrats are working on jobs creation legislation to get America back to work. I think they will do the best they can with this.

The predictions were bad.

If Obama stops us from going into a depression then he accomplished what he was trying to do.

We were headed for a depression and it looks like we won't see it up to this point.

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The predictions were bad.

If Obama stops us from going into a depression then he accomplished what he was trying to do.

We were headed for a depression and it looks like we won't see it up to this point.

The predictions were bad.

If Obama stops us from going into a depression then he accomplished what he was trying to do.

We were headed for a depression and it looks like we won't see it up to this point.

here's the facts:...from 1994 - 2006 when the Republicans controlled congress...the average annual deficit was 104 billion dollars...in the last three years when the democrats have controlled congress...the average annual deficit has been 1.35 trillion dollars...in other words...the deicits the republicans were running up on a yearly bases...the Dems are doing monthly...LOOK IT UP !!!!!