Unemployment was below 4.7% for almost five years straight in the 1980s. It is quite normal for the unemployment rate in Mass to be substantially lower than the full employment figure for the nation. Well, it used to be anyway.
Does Romney have a good jobs record?
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Unemployment was below 4.7% for almost five years straight in the 1980s. It is quite normal for the unemployment rate in Mass to be substantially lower than the full employment figure for the nation. Well, it used to be anyway.
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wow. you completely ignored the actual debate and stuck with your usual ad homs and lies. good one onceler. way to show how "smart" you are.
no surprise you run away from your claims now that you're getting cornered.
Yet, BLS data also reinforce Fehrnstrom’s argument. In 2003, Romney’s first year in office, the number of jobs in Massachusetts declined by 1.39 percent, ranking it “51 out of 51,” as Fehrnstrom said. In 2006, Romney’s last full year in office, Massachusetts jobs grew by 1.06 percent, 32nd in the nation. Over the course of Romney’s tenure as governor, Massachusetts’s annual job growth ranking improved by 19 spots.
http://www.boston.com/politicalinte...pports-both/0g61oknM3KB9h1E0VWDlbP/story.html
poor onceler...just can't get a leg up in discussing economics.
You use to be funny, now you are just plain mean and a poor excuse for a tiny human being, go play in traffic, asshole.
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The Almighty
Gee Dung... and what did I just get done saying? Oh yeah, that bubbles can cause it to be lower. Now tell us Dung... what was it that caused MA to have such a low rate in the 1980's? Do you remember? Or are you just spouting stats without knowing what caused them?
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Darla
Top, I own a business and make more than you were making when you quit to sit home and do drugs all day.
Shut up fool.
Honestly, you sound like a frantic lunatic. You said I'm "constantly" saying how jobs are a lagging indicator w/ Obama. I made that argument in '09 & '10, but I'm fairly sure I haven't made it since. I doubt I've even brought it up in the past year (this site has an excellent search mechanism, so you can look that up if you'd like). In Yurtworld, that means I'm "bringing it up constantly." I mean, do you understand just how crazy something like that is?
Fact is, I don't give Obama a pass on jobs. I still think the stimulus was the right thing to do, but it wasn't enough. Employment is hurting right now.
Nor have I "blamed Romney" for everything "I can find." You're crazed - really. I have no idea where you get this shite, but it's an embarassment.
Fuck you bitch, you are to Dumb to play with the big boys on business topics. Stick to your knitting.
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Darla
I put Yurt on IA, and it's much more pleasant.
Top said on another thread this morning that he has just over a million. I swear, with the way he has talked on this board, I thought he was a Rockefeller or something.
Just over a million is peanuts these days.....
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Darla
The big boys? Top you're a 5'4 stoned bigmouth with no job.
Oh look out, one of the big boys is here! LOL
Let me guess, you have way less tha I do?
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Darla
I can't even believe that at his age he retired on that, seriously.
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The Almighty
For those that want to know, the boom in MA in the 1980's was do to massive real estate speculation and massive amounts of defense spending under Reagan. Add in the PC revolution beginning and you had all the jobs you could want. But the PC's in MA did not maintain a competitive edge and the real estate market's BUBBLE... burst.
In the late 90's, the Tech/Internet bubble once again created such an environment, but that too failed to be sustainable. Bubble burst.
In the late 90's, the Tech/Internet bubble once again created such an environment, but that too failed to be sustainable. Bubble burst.
You act like we didn't have a bubble economy when Rmoney was governor of Massachusetts. We did. We just didn't have the jobs.
Also, too, unemployment was below 4.7% for about half of the 1980s and half of the 1990s. Pretending that unemployment lower than 4.7% isn't "normal" when it happened for about 10 years of a 20 year period is stupid.
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The Almighty
It all depends on where you live and the lifestyle you wish to live. A million will produce 70k very conservatively. Add in any SS payments etc... and you could have close to 100k.
If your house is paid off, you are really good to go.
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Sweet Jane
They were. They were dead last in the nation when Romney took office. By the midterm of his tenure they had rose to 47th. When he left office they were 30th. Those are decent numbers to be sure but not even remotely in the class of Clinton, LBJ, Ike or Truman. All of whom are commie liberals by todays Republican standards.
Look, I'm a Keynesian. Despite it's flaws it's an equitable and stable economic system that works. You'd have to have complete shit for brains to vote for a supply sider. I know I'll never vote for another one.