Sunday, November 05, 2006

Talking about Jobs ...

Saturday's article, Strong U.S. job growth boosts GOP hopes, brings up the idea that improved job numbers might help the Republicans out in Tuesday's elections. Of course, the reality is that although job growth is getting a little better, it still isn't enough to meet the needs of the population. The article does point out this roughly 35% deficiency.

Another point that the article doesn't mention, though, is that over 50% of the job growth in the recent job numbers have come from government jobs. This is probably typical, though I don't have older numbers to back me up. With elections coming up, incumbent parties hoping to woo a segment of the population, create a few more jobs in September and October. Simple enough election trick, but how long will the jobs last?

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