State, Local Governments Cut Jobs At Accelerated Pace In February

Wall Street Journal:

State and local governments, aiming to reduce their budget deficits, cut jobs at an accelerating pace in February.

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[ObamAtomic]

07:47 PM on 03/08/2011

ObamAtomic Teababger did you noticed my post is three days old?

Go under your rock!

F- QQ

posted Mar 8, 2011 at 00:45:24 Reply Link

Jefferson78 Flagged as abusive.

posted Mar 8, 2011 at 19:30:35 Reply Link

Where is the abuse Bagger?

I guess you can babbling about everyone and dissing the UNIONS and such and is fine with
your freedoms of speech,but, what about US?

[arlandbaee]

11:56 PM on 03/05/2011

How can republicans not know that by increasing the education level of the entire populace will decrease the need for a policemen, firemen and military defense. An educated populace tends to settle disputes with the pen rather than the sword.

I don't want to believe that that could be the very reason Republicans are going after education in the first place. And if that's really true, as some are suggesting, then Republicans are the biggest threat America faces.

[Tim McCown]

05:23 PM on 03/05/2011

Let's take our country back in 2 years by running Independent Candidates.

[cookie65]

01:21 PM on 03/05/2011

is the lib stradegy going to be the same as usual, name calling, I don't think that will stop what is coming, if you notice you have kinda worn it out.

[ObamAtomic]

01:27 PM on 03/05/2011

LIB?

Worn out ,a Teabager worn out ,indeed used and discarded by the GOP!

[cookie65]

01:29 PM on 03/05/2011

used is when you sell your vote for something that doesn't exist, ask the public employees about it.

[Lordstrom]

01:12 PM on 03/05/2011

This is great news. Everyone is realizing we can't afford the excesses of public unions anymore. Only the fleebaggers continue to keep the fantasy alive.

[cookie65]

01:17 PM on 03/05/2011

the parasites need a host and the middle class has been it for a long time, obama promised change.

[cookie65]

01:22 PM on 03/05/2011

the middle class can no longer afford you buy for others the stuff they can't buy for themselves

[ObamAtomic]

01:02 PM on 03/05/2011

cookie65 10 minutes ago (12:51 PM)
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9-5, 3 breaks and a lunch, 30 days of sick leave, 14 paid holidays, 5 weeks paid vacation, retire at 50 with lifetime benny's that return @ $75 for every $1 the employee put in, all at taxpayer expense. is that pretty close? I could look up a few things if you need, I tried to keep it simple for you .
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Debating yourself?

[cookie65]

01:08 PM on 03/05/2011

it is a lot tougher than debating you

[ObamAtomic]

04:40 PM on 03/05/2011

Uh,double personality,which one is right,your lefties or your rightist-LOL

[ObamAtomic]

12:49 PM on 03/05/2011

cookie65 23 minutes ago (12:20 PM)
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imagine if it were bush, the non-libera­l media, would be 24/7 bush bashing, by the way the gop didn't buy the votes with the promises that cannot be kept. and they didn't get the millions in exchange for those promises that cannot be kept, and they didn't leave the state when the time comes to pay the bill.
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Where Are The Jobs?

“What the president go to do with it!

Everyone will remember is the GOP that caused it.”

Stay focus!”

[cookie65]

01:07 PM on 03/05/2011

must be why the repubs won 780 house seats in Nov

[ObamAtomic]

01:20 PM on 03/05/2011

Where are The jobs?

[ObamAtomic]

12:43 PM on 03/05/2011

cookie65 6 minutes ago (12:30 PM)
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where would the money come from if we all worked in the public sector?
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"public sector

The public sector is that portion of society controlled by national, state or provincial, and local governments. In the United States, the public sector encompasses universal, critical services such as national defense, homeland security, police protection, fire fighting, urban planning, corrections, taxation, and various social programs.

The public sector overlaps with the private sector in producing or providing certain goods and services. The extent of this overlap varies from country to country, state to state, province to province, and city to city. This overlap is most often seen in waste management, water management, health care, security services, and shelters for homeless and abused people. Sometimes, service providers move from the public sector to the private. This is known as privatization, and has been taking place in recent years on a large scale throughout the world. In other instances, a service may shift from the private sector to the public. This is less common, but health care is one area where some governments are providing or experimenting with services previously furnished by private providers.

Governments routinely hire private corporations to provide goods and services for the public sector, a practice known as outsourcing . Examples include the manufacture, construction, or maintenance of aircraft, military hardware, electronic and communications equipment, computers, roads, freeways, bridges, parks, and recreation areas"

Need the link?

[cookie65]

01:06 PM on 03/05/2011

don't like the question? is it to simple for you? is a balanced buget when the gross national product equals the gross national debt in your vacuum?

[ObamAtomic]

01:23 PM on 03/05/2011

You don't like the answer straw man?

What balanced budget were between 2009 to 2009?

Are you really s/t/u/p/i/d?

You can't balanced a budget in the back of the middle class!

[AnarChrist]

12:41 PM on 03/05/2011

So many GD stupid people here actually defending rich people and they way they have been ruining our country. WTF is wrong with them??

[cookie65]

01:04 PM on 03/05/2011

so the massive expansion of government hasn't required any of the wealth of this country the middle class specificly? and now that the middle class can no longer sustain it, you like all leftist, don't see the problem, cause you are it...

[cookie65]

12:31 PM on 03/05/2011

do they have to still pay their union dues when the are unemployeed?

[ObamAtomic]

12:39 PM on 03/05/2011

"Union dues are a regular payment of money made by members of unions. Dues are the cost of membership; they are used to fund the various activities which the union engages in. Nearly all unions require their members to pay dues. Depending on the level of democratic control in a union, union members may have little to a great deal of say over the level of dues, what dues are used for, and how often dues are collected. Many union members pay union dues out of their wages, although some unions collect dues separately from the paycheck. Union dues may be used to support a wide variety of programs or activities, including: Paying the salaries and/or benefits of full-time or part-time union leaders and/or staff; union governance; legal representation; legislative lobbying; political campaigns; pension, health, welfare, and safety funds; and/or the union strike fund"

Need the link?

[cookie65]

12:42 PM on 03/05/2011

that is like calling someone waiting in line at the dmv a customer, union dues are used to buy politicians and unsustainable contracts that require a minimum output for maximum benifits.

[cookie65]

12:30 PM on 03/05/2011

where would the money come from if we all worked in the public sector?

[VikingQuest]

12:31 PM on 03/05/2011

You just blew the mind of about half the people in this room

[blueman00009]

12:36 PM on 03/05/2011

Nope. Sorry.

[ObamAtomic]

12:42 PM on 03/05/2011

No,only you and her are with their minds blow up!

[blueman00009]

12:31 PM on 03/05/2011

False republic slippery slope argument. Who's proposing that?

[cookie65]

12:39 PM on 03/05/2011

it has to do with logical outcome, maybe you are not familiar with it the way you are with talking points.

[cookie65]

12:45 PM on 03/05/2011

so are you saying there has to be a limit on the public sector? cause that is everyone else is saying, I wouldn't want you to agree with a false republican slipperyslope argument

[cookie65]

12:16 PM on 03/05/2011

$680 billion to the unions wasn't enough? so where those jobs saved only temporary? and those jobs created haven't showed up yet, thank you mr. biden

[ObamAtomic]

12:08 PM on 03/05/2011

cookie65 1 minute ago (12:04 PM)
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these are historic times, when the public unions lose their political power. and everyone will remember who was prez when it happened.
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Kochvernors around the USA are the ones to blame,after all they are the governors !

What the president go to do with it!

Everyone will remember is the GOP that caused it.

[VikingQuest]

12:16 PM on 03/05/2011

"Kochvernor­s around the USA are the ones to blame,afte­r all they are the governors"

Darned Republicans . . .

"Lots of uneasy state workers amid reports that Governor Andrew Cuomo is getting ready to announce layoffs of 10,000 to 15,000 employees.­­"

"Almost 500 San Francisco teachers and other school employees are expected to get pink slips over the next two weeks as the school district prepares for deep cuts in state funding. "

[ObamAtomic]

12:32 PM on 03/05/2011

What the president go to do with it!

Everyone will remember is the GOP that caused it.”

Stay focus!

[cookie65]

12:20 PM on 03/05/2011

imagine if it were bush, the non-liberal media, would be 24/7 bush bashing, by the way the gop didn't buy the votes with the promises that cannot be kept. and they didn't get the millions in exchange for those promises that cannot be kept, and they didn't leave the state when the time comes to pay the bill.

[cookie65]

12:04 PM on 03/05/2011

these are historic times, when the public unions lose their political power. and everyone will remember who was prez when it happened.