Originally posted by: BBond
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Most likely minimum wage $5.15 hr jobs.
Apparently, they aren't high paying manufacturing jobs...
US, Europe factories pick up pace, but offer no hope to job-seekers
Originally posted by: Bowfinger
That is certainly an encouraging list. By my rough, in-my-head tally, that's somewhere around 13,000 new jobs. Great news!Originally posted by: burnedout
More positive job news:
US intelligence agencies face staffing shortage
[ ... ]
Best Buy currently hiring 100-120 in Springfield, OR
... but ...
We lost somewhere around 3 million jobs during the first 3 years or so of the Bush administration. I believe we are finally back under a million net jobs lost, maybe even down to 500K or so. Unfortunately, on the average, those jobs do not pay as much as the jobs lost. Many full-time jobs were replaced with part-time jobs. In short, the new jobs aren't as good as the jobs lost.
Even worse, the break-even point for the U.S. job market is adding about 140,000 jobs per month. This is necessary to keep pace with a growing population as new people enter the job market. In order to maintain the same relative level of employment as when Bush started, we needed to add about 6.7 million jobs. That means we're still more than 7 million jobs short of where we started. Those 13,000 new jobs you list fill less than three days worth of demand.
Yes, it is good news. It is also scarcely a drop in the bucket.
Originally posted by: burnedout
Texas State Comptroller Strayhorn: State will have a budget surplus
Damn economy . . . . .
Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Breaking old news!
Median Household Income
2000
$44,853
2003
$43,318
Change Under Bush
-$1,535
-3.4%
Factcheck.org.
Everyone can cut and paste the want ads, or layoff news.
What counts is
1) What jobs are being lost
2) What jobs are replacing them.
3) What is the pay you are likely to receive if you have to find a new job. Is is a "quality" job, or flipping burgers or some such. Going to Lowes after working in engineering is not a lateral move.
That is what counts. Pretty much all else is obfuscation.
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: charrison
This has always been the case.Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: ciba
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Dissatisfaction with pay. Job-hopping employees are looking for more money: For the fourth-consecutive year, raises will be below 4% Average weekly earnings rose barely 2% in the 12 months ended in November - less than the 3.5% increase in the consumer price index over the same period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(How can that be??? The experts in P&N swear that wage increases have been huge, they have been bragging about awesome salary increases all the time)
Everyone I've seen is getting salary increases with a new job. Employers (in my industry, at least) don't like to give raises to current employees. When I was laid off and took a job with another company (in less time than I had severance pay) I ended up making about 25% more.
Sucks that you have to job hop to get a raise.
Bullsh!t , It wasn't that long ago that people went thirty or more years at one Company.
Originally posted by: burnedout
Texas State Comptroller Strayhorn: State will have a budget surplus
Damn economy . . . . .
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: burnedout
Texas State Comptroller Strayhorn: State will have a budget surplus
Damn economy . . . . .
Heh, dont bring Texas into it, that budget it going to get ripped to shreds by June 1. Although we wont run a deficit, we wont be having a surplus, because the Texas school system was deemed unconstitutional by the Texas courts, and will require massive funding by some other means, and who knows what else crackpot idea will come out of Austin.
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: burnedout
Texas State Comptroller Strayhorn: State will have a budget surplus
Damn economy . . . . .
Interesting, Texas doing better than Iowa even.
"State sales taxes will continue to provide more than half of the state's general revenue-related tax collections, according to the comptroller.
"Taking all state revenue sources into account, the state is expected to collect $130.5 billion in revenue for all state funds during the 2006-07 biennium," she writes in her revenue overview.
The growth in the state's economy is outpacing that of the national economy"
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Of course they fail to mention this is at the expense of the peons at the bottom and the middle.
No such thing as Middle Class in Texas, fitting for Texas.
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: burnedout
Texas State Comptroller Strayhorn: State will have a budget surplus
Damn economy . . . . .
Interesting, Texas doing better than Iowa even.
"State sales taxes will continue to provide more than half of the state's general revenue-related tax collections, according to the comptroller.
"Taking all state revenue sources into account, the state is expected to collect $130.5 billion in revenue for all state funds during the 2006-07 biennium," she writes in her revenue overview.
The growth in the state's economy is outpacing that of the national economy"
=======================================================
Of course they fail to mention this is at the expense of the peons at the bottom and the middle.
No such thing as Middle Class in Texas, fitting for Texas.
Yes Texas relies on a regressive sales tax only system, as well as the archaic, atleast for a state of this size, practice of a biennial legislative system. Theres a reason for this. Both require constitional amendments and the vast vast majority of Texans dont want either, because we dont want either. And its about to get alot more regressive, and Texans dont seem to mind. Why? Because there is a middle class, and the cost of living is low.
LOL, yeah, you are probably right. Forgot about a possible "Robin Hood demise".Originally posted by: digitalsm
Heh, dont bring Texas into it, that budget it going to get ripped to shreds by June 1. Although we wont run a deficit, we wont be having a surplus, because the Texas school system was deemed unconstitutional by the Texas courts, and will require massive funding by some other means, and who knows what else crackpot idea will come out of Austin.Originally posted by: burnedout
Texas State Comptroller Strayhorn: State will have a budget surplus
Damn economy . . . . .
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: burnedout
Texas State Comptroller Strayhorn: State will have a budget surplus
Damn economy . . . . .
Interesting, Texas doing better than Iowa even.
"State sales taxes will continue to provide more than half of the state's general revenue-related tax collections, according to the comptroller.
"Taking all state revenue sources into account, the state is expected to collect $130.5 billion in revenue for all state funds during the 2006-07 biennium," she writes in her revenue overview.
The growth in the state's economy is outpacing that of the national economy"
=======================================================
Of course they fail to mention this is at the expense of the peons at the bottom and the middle.
No such thing as Middle Class in Texas, fitting for Texas.
Yes Texas relies on a regressive sales tax only system, as well as the archaic, atleast for a state of this size, practice of a biennial legislative system. Theres a reason for this. Both require constitional amendments and the vast vast majority of Texans dont want either, because we dont want either. And its about to get alot more regressive, and Texans dont seem to mind. Why? Because there is a middle class, and the cost of living is low.
I like the fact that our leg only meets every 2 years.
Originally posted by: burnedout
LOL, yeah, you are probably right. Forgot about a possible "Robin Hood demise".Originally posted by: digitalsm
Heh, dont bring Texas into it, that budget it going to get ripped to shreds by June 1. Although we wont run a deficit, we wont be having a surplus, because the Texas school system was deemed unconstitutional by the Texas courts, and will require massive funding by some other means, and who knows what else crackpot idea will come out of Austin.Originally posted by: burnedout
Texas State Comptroller Strayhorn: State will have a budget surplus
Damn economy . . . . .
Anyway, I heard this on the local news and just wanted to mess with Dave some more.
Is Strayhorn a Republican? My in-laws know her fairly well. She's strongly hinting at a run in 06.Originally posted by: digitalsm
I never said I didnt like it. Theres less of a chance for the people in Austin to fvck things up, which they would do if they meet year round or every year. Rick Perry is a prime example, he works year round, and he totally fvcked up after 9/11. The budget passed in May of 2001 wasnt feasible after 9/11, and he didnt call a special session to fix it which is why we ran the budget shortfall and the ensuing across the board cuts that came in 2003. A republican really needs to oust his ass in 2006.
Originally posted by: burnedout
Is Strayhorn a Republican? My in-laws know her fairly well. She's strongly hinting at a run in 06.Originally posted by: digitalsm
I never said I didnt like it. Theres less of a chance for the people in Austin to fvck things up, which they would do if they meet year round or every year. Rick Perry is a prime example, he works year round, and he totally fvcked up after 9/11. The budget passed in May of 2001 wasnt feasible after 9/11, and he didnt call a special session to fix it which is why we ran the budget shortfall and the ensuing across the board cuts that came in 2003. A republican really needs to oust his ass in 2006.
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: burnedout
Is Strayhorn a Republican? My in-laws know her fairly well. She's strongly hinting at a run in 06.Originally posted by: digitalsm
I never said I didnt like it. Theres less of a chance for the people in Austin to fvck things up, which they would do if they meet year round or every year. Rick Perry is a prime example, he works year round, and he totally fvcked up after 9/11. The budget passed in May of 2001 wasnt feasible after 9/11, and he didnt call a special session to fix it which is why we ran the budget shortfall and the ensuing across the board cuts that came in 2003. A republican really needs to oust his ass in 2006.
Shes a republican, and will remain a republican even though there have been squabbles, these squabbles mainly relate to Rick Perry and his "plans", mainly trying to spend money that just isnt there. Senator Hutchinson is likely to run as well, but most dont feel she has chance since she is a pro-choice republican, which most Texans really dont know for some reason.
The bad news is, for some dumb reason the State GOP supports Perry, who has by almost all accounts been a horrible Governer, maybe this will change between now and next year. Its extremely possible a Democrat could win vs Perry if he wins the primary. Personally Id like to see Strayhorn, and only Strayhorn go up against Perry, she stands a better chance than Hutchinson, and a three way race would for sure give it to Perry.
Oh and I almost forgot another reason why the budget will be fubared by June 1. Rick Perrys $117billion transportation plan that he wants passed.
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: burnedout
Is Strayhorn a Republican? My in-laws know her fairly well. She's strongly hinting at a run in 06.Originally posted by: digitalsm
I never said I didnt like it. Theres less of a chance for the people in Austin to fvck things up, which they would do if they meet year round or every year. Rick Perry is a prime example, he works year round, and he totally fvcked up after 9/11. The budget passed in May of 2001 wasnt feasible after 9/11, and he didnt call a special session to fix it which is why we ran the budget shortfall and the ensuing across the board cuts that came in 2003. A republican really needs to oust his ass in 2006.
Shes a republican, and will remain a republican even though there have been squabbles, these squabbles mainly relate to Rick Perry and his "plans", mainly trying to spend money that just isnt there. Senator Hutchinson is likely to run as well, but most dont feel she has chance since she is a pro-choice republican, which most Texans really dont know for some reason.
The bad news is, for some dumb reason the State GOP supports Perry, who has by almost all accounts been a horrible Governer, maybe this will change between now and next year. Its extremely possible a Democrat could win vs Perry if he wins the primary. Personally Id like to see Strayhorn, and only Strayhorn go up against Perry, she stands a better chance than Hutchinson, and a three way race would for sure give it to Perry.
Oh and I almost forgot another reason why the budget will be fubared by June 1. Rick Perrys $117billion transportation plan that he wants passed.
I think that transport plan is a good idea. The texas highways are getting crowded.
Originally posted by: burnedout
Chrysler expects no job cuts in '05 or '06
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: burnedout
Chrysler expects no job cuts in '05 or '06
Chrysler does seem to be doing better than GM and Ford over the last year.
They are a mixed bag, they have the small PT Cruiser on one end while the Monster RAM1500 on the other.
No sign of a Hybrid though so I still predict they will suddenly sink like a Rock as soon as Toyota and Honda really get the Hybrid sales cranked up.
Originally posted by: alchemize
And from the "local economy is improving" newsroom
1-14-05: Alchemize receives IT Manager job offer today. Negotiating salary but it looks like a winner!
alchemize was quoted as saying "We're only $5k apart. I'm 98% confident I'm going to get this job. While I'll lose some money in overtime, the benefits are fantastic, very stable, and room for growth".
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
What is it about Chicago and Iowa that they are both doing so well.
Originally posted by: Infohawk
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
What is it about Chicago and Iowa that they are both doing so well.
Are you sure they are really doing better than average or are you just being swayed by cad and alchemize?
