tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post8220714822334038694..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Jobs continue to grow at a 2% annual paceScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-25510039287107633082014-12-07T00:34:50.087-08:002014-12-07T00:34:50.087-08:00If you really waiting for IBPS notification, then ...If you really waiting for IBPS notification, then click here for <a href="http://www.svtjobs.com/" rel="nofollow">latest Government jobs</a> in India.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006484693024451790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-9686050698689036972013-11-12T17:09:39.863-08:002013-11-12T17:09:39.863-08:00Marmico, I approve of your post!
Ben Jamin, the G...Marmico, I approve of your post!<br /><br />Ben Jamin, the GOP is not the party it use to be..<br /><br />It needs to be fumigated and hand washed...Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183141792723754273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-86594288694262363372013-11-11T19:07:06.158-08:002013-11-11T19:07:06.158-08:00Hans--
We agree...I would love to vote for a pro-...Hans--<br /><br />We agree...I would love to vote for a pro-business, non-jingoistic party...that would stay out of my personal, professional and political life....<br /><br />Maybe in my next life....<br /><br />Still, I am continually amazed that more GOP'ers do not recognize their party is (effectively) for higher income taxes and for lower payroll taxes when they blah, blah about cutting Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-68587538367701893282013-11-11T09:51:53.571-08:002013-11-11T09:51:53.571-08:00Be a Tea Leaf, Hans.
This blog should have multip...Be a Tea Leaf, Hans.<br /><br />This blog should have multiple flashing charts.<br /><br />1. When McKibben posts to himself four times in a row; and, <br /><br />2. When "William" posts the "Shaeffer Intelligience" Report".marmicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277071086056574486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-5605894294536134322013-11-11T09:38:26.715-08:002013-11-11T09:38:26.715-08:00Ben Jamin you are correct in this quote and it is ...Ben Jamin you are correct in this quote and it is the reason why I am now a Tea Leaf..<br /><br />"I will leave you with a supreme irony: In general, the GOP is for reduced entitlement spending, but is mute on federal agency spending."<br /><br />They are part and parcel of the Beltway and are resistant to any change...The status quo is all that matters..<br /><br />Spending on federal Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183141792723754273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-5138307647936880582013-11-11T03:31:43.303-08:002013-11-11T03:31:43.303-08:00food stamp eligibility was significantly expanded....<i>food stamp eligibility was significantly expanded...and [was] extended in unprecedented fashion. This most likely contributed to people's decision to drop out of the labor force</i><br /><br />Let's zero in on Grannis' home turf, <a href="http://www.fns.usda.gov/ora/SNAPCharacteristics/California/California_44.pdf" rel="nofollow">California Congressional District 44</a>. In 2011, marmicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277071086056574486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-27167079794718337862013-11-10T21:16:19.113-08:002013-11-10T21:16:19.113-08:00Fun headline of the day:
Only 5 enrollments compl...Fun headline of the day:<br /><br />Only 5 enrollments completed in D.C. Obamacare exchange<br />Politico - Nov 8, 2013 <br />Only five people have fully completed the enrollment process in the D.C. insurance exchange, according to information compiled by lawmakers from four of the insurance companies participating in the exchange.<br />--30--<br /><br />I guess we can stop worrying about Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-46677652855914683482013-11-10T21:08:13.262-08:002013-11-10T21:08:13.262-08:00Hans--
I will leave you with a supreme irony: In ...Hans--<br /><br />I will leave you with a supreme irony: In general, the GOP is for reduced entitlement spending, but is mute on federal agency spending. <br /><br />But think about it: The big dudes of entitlement programs are Medicare and Social Security. Your paycheck is taxed, and you put money in a pot and if you are lucky you get back what you put in. The feds just administer the money theyBenjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-11717346651644715522013-11-10T15:08:14.209-08:002013-11-10T15:08:14.209-08:00Scott Grannis said: " ... to people's dec...Scott Grannis said: " ... to people's decision to drop out of the labor force, though I suspect there are other factors at work as well. ..."<br /><br />Mark Cuban suggested this (about slow growth and people exiting the labor force) almost two years ago:<br /><br /><a href="http://blogmaverick.com/2012/05/13/sgt.red.blue.redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08132657702786638326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-59374584536590333312013-11-10T11:39:13.274-08:002013-11-10T11:39:13.274-08:00All very true, Ben Jamin, however, Mr Roche offere...All very true, Ben Jamin, however, Mr Roche offered no such clarification allowing for one to deduce that this was a presidential issue...<br /><br />Local staffing was only reduced because these governmental units where not able to operate in the red...<br /><br />BOCO, would look good in a military type uniform!!Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183141792723754273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-6209915339771612172013-11-10T11:37:18.770-08:002013-11-10T11:37:18.770-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183141792723754273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-37133924994167510462013-11-10T04:54:42.584-08:002013-11-10T04:54:42.584-08:00Benjamin, most first responders are not on the Fed...Benjamin, most first responders are not on the Federal payroll, but rather on some state or local payroll -- the pillaging of Main Street USA by Federalism has been devastating as well for many uniformed workers on those payrolls -- I am fine with paying for uniformed workers at all levels of government -- however, all non-uniformed salaried jobs should be eliminated, including politicians -- allMcKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-20463003953551910312013-11-09T22:10:14.977-08:002013-11-09T22:10:14.977-08:00Hans-
I agree with you...but in the larger pictur...Hans-<br /><br />I agree with you...but in the larger picture, we are seeing less public sector workers....<br /><br />as you probably know, every public sector worker---especially those in fire, police and the uniformed federal military---is a pension-health care time bomb for taxpayers. <br /><br />Obama deserves no credit...I say Obama is a mediocre President, and he only ranks that high in Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-64029134866443376732013-11-09T21:36:45.533-08:002013-11-09T21:36:45.533-08:00Ben Jamin, that thread by Mr Roche was, I am sorry...Ben Jamin, that thread by Mr Roche was, I am sorry to say, complete crap...<br /><br />He is speaking of all governmental unit staffing and not just federal but then compares two American presidents and staffing changes...<br /><br />Presidents having little or no influence over local hiring whatsoever...<br /><br />Hear is the real story regarding federal staffing since January of 2008..<br /><Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183141792723754273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-2721297837615607702013-11-09T20:22:31.124-08:002013-11-09T20:22:31.124-08:00PPS: A 2-year tax moratorium would also require th...PPS: A 2-year tax moratorium would also require the Federal government to drastically reduce spending, probably by amounts of at least 50% -- folks, hard times are coming to America -- take cover...McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-29137282419280250172013-11-09T20:19:26.423-08:002013-11-09T20:19:26.423-08:00PS: Regarding more QE, absolutely not -- QE has on...PS: Regarding more QE, absolutely not -- QE has only benefited "too big to fail" banks, and companies who are using their accumulated earnings to buy back vast quantities of stock -- QE has nothing to do with "stimulus" at this point -- what I would advise fiscal policy-makers to consider would be an immediate 2-year moratorium on personal income taxes for anyone earning less McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-36135290007308981082013-11-09T20:10:26.792-08:002013-11-09T20:10:26.792-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-77012730390973573822013-11-09T20:03:14.786-08:002013-11-09T20:03:14.786-08:00The US employment to population ratio hit a 30-yea...The US employment to population ratio hit a 30-year low in October 2013 -- the jobs being created in the US are hardly enough to keep up with population growth (the US population is expanding at a rate of approximately 200,000 per month) -- something is very wrong with the US economy -- for whatever reason, Main Street USA's economic plight has become irrelevant to fiscal and monetary-policy McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-6634985777316030072013-11-09T06:22:17.792-08:002013-11-09T06:22:17.792-08:00More food for thought: Ryan Avent, The Economist, ...More food for thought: Ryan Avent, The Economist, notes that economic expansions are not internal, and 10 years is the longest US one on record since WWII.<br /><br />Okay, what we will almost certainly get is another recession--while interest rates are already near zero. <br /><br />The Fed will be out of conventional ammo Day One of the next recession. <br /><br />Unless, that is, the Fed now Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-22940952408219919252013-11-09T01:39:33.135-08:002013-11-09T01:39:33.135-08:00Astonishing fact of the day (from Pragmatic Capita...Astonishing fact of the day (from Pragmatic Capitalism).<br /><br />Barack Obama is on pace to preside over the only Presidency in the post-war era to average negative government employment growth. Since 2009 when he took office the total size of the government workforce has declined by 706K jobs. That’s about 3.1% of the government workforce. That’s not a huge number, but let’s put that intoBenjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-55217125342411848772013-11-08T17:39:12.895-08:002013-11-08T17:39:12.895-08:00I agree with Scott Grannis that the sudden (in 200...I agree with Scott Grannis that the sudden (in 2008) and now seemingly permanent five percent drop in labor participation rates---from 62-63 percent to 57-58 percent---marks a real decrease in the size of the US economy...a sad defeat for America...<br /><br />Soaring in this time have been monthly disability checks through SSDI and VA. Incredibly, now more than 12 million Americans get a monthlyBenjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-38051607060250922262013-11-08T17:29:41.020-08:002013-11-08T17:29:41.020-08:00The household survey shows that a total of 105,000...The household survey shows that a total of 105,000 jobs have been created in the past YEAR. That is terrible.Junkyard_hawg1985https://www.blogger.com/profile/18114117558513498514noreply@blogger.com