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Obama is Scamming the Disabled

Ratas y Ratones Wrote: May 12, 2012 1:41 PM
SpaceVegetable Wrote: 26 minutes ago (1:08 PM) "... but can't, for example, wait tables or do jobs requiring standing or physical labor. I know because I'm one of them. I can't walk worth a damn, ... For those people like me, I don't blame them for collecting SSDI. The rest of the leeches can go pound sand, though, IMHO. " ~~~ I do feel for you and your problem, but suggest you used a poor choice of words with : " ... The rest of the leeches can ... "

I have to credit our own Mike Shedlock for writing about how Obama’s been able to drive down the topline unemployment number even though unemployment remains as a big problem today as it has ever been.

I’m often reluctant to piggy back on a contributor’s work, but when something is really newsworthy, I think it’s justified.

Yesterday Mish pointed out that:

In the last year, the civilian population rose by 3,638,000. Yet the labor force only rose by 945,000. Those not in the labor force rose by 2,693,000.

In the last month, actual employment fell by 169,000, but...

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