When they say x amount of jobs created, what type of jobs are they?

[Deja Q]

Just curious. I think they're all retail crap, nothing that can properly sustain one person, let alone a family of three...

[noahmijo]

1. I've been asking this question for months...

Because I suspect the jobs being created are mostly in the public sector which is not impressive given the enormous amount of spending in the govt (which is also the reason why the GDP has "increased")

Meantime over 3 million private sector jobs lost and counting.

[coloradodem2005]

2. Also part-time and temp are probably included too.

[NC_Nurse]

3. What kind of McQuestion is that?

:P

[physioex]

6. After all isn't it McManufacturing....

When you get the raw ingredients meat, bread, pickles, ketchup (a vegetable), and assemble it...

[Don_G]

4. It's Based On A Theoretical Formula

That hasn't been verified yet.

[welshTerrier2]

5. unemployment claims INCREASED this past week

source: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending June 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 352,000, an increase of 12,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 340,000.

[Aunt Anti-bush]

7. Employment ads in my local newspaper ...

have not changed much in 2 years. It is always the same old b-s. Someone looking for babysitters, nannys, in-home care-givers. There are a lot of jobs at the fast food places and at the stores in the malls. Then there are a bunch of rediculous job ads for pyramid schemes. It is sickening!

[Southsideirish]

8. Government or part time/no benefits. Its a huge joke. n/t

[louis c]

9. Every Job Is Not The Same

Last month, supposedly 266,000 new jobs were created. Yet, 40,000 less people were working. More and more people are without health care. So what does this tell us. The good, full time jobs, with benefits are being replaced by low paying part-time jobs. That's why these phony numbers are not giving Bush any bump in the polls.

Let me give you a hypothetical example. If I lose a full-time job making 50K per year plus benefits, and six months later, in order to pay my bills, I'm forced to work two part-time jobs, making a total of 40K, I know I have just received a 20% pay cut and my family has no insurance. No matter how hard those assholes in Washington try to convince me I'm twice as better off, because I now have two jobs instead of just one,I'm not buying it. Unfortunately, this scenario is all too often, true.

[SOteric]

10. I suspect they're excellent jobs.

It's just that they're all in India and Pakistan.