Does Unemployment numbers mean anything at all anymore?

Yes, the runaway inflation continues and the last four presidents including Obama are giving away the store to foreign interests.

Yes it's interesting to mask for the want of "China Wealth" is it not

Orville Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society and the person who commissioned the study, says the United States must do its part to improve relations with China.

“I feel increasingly alarmed and discouraged by the willful ignorance of Americans to the competitive challenge the Chinese pose to the U.S., including in foreign investment,” Mr. Schell said in an interview. “China is looking for places to park its money, and it could be to our advantage. If we don’t find a way to be open to China, it’s undeniable the money will go elsewhere.”

What a national disgrace to Freedom has the Federal Government become using this type of rhetoric to sell the USA down the river. I am sick and tired as this tired rhetoric being used to wave the flag of our Capitalist society. What happened to patriotism I'm sure I don't know

Economic numbers only have meaning when compared to normal historical values. These numbers are only a little higher that they were in 2007 when the economy was good, and much lower than the 650,000 that they were right after the financial crisis. In a capitalist economy some firms are always cutting back or going out of business.

No, the unemployment numbers don't mean much. Too many people, such as myself, just working as "volunteers." I don't completely blame Obama. I think he is sincere in his desire to help, but he also thinks that we have to be in a global economy and he wants that. As long as we are, we can never fix the problems this country faces. We have to retrench from the global economy. Until our jobs come back home and we use predominantly (meaning ~95%) US citizens to fill them, we will never fix our economy.

Please, pay attention to the spell and grammar checker in the balloon to the right of type/edit box. You have way too many noun-verb mismatches and misspellings. It is annoying and indicates to people that you are uneducated and ineducable. I believe you mean "since," not "sense." The numbers DO, not the "numbers does..."

My vote will definitely be Romney. I'm tired of watching as the Lame Stream Media celebrates the apparent success of America as Broke Obummer and all of his sycophants put blinders on while their policies cause America to circle the drain.

The mortgage crisis happened because Bawney Fwank, Pelosi Galore and Harry Reid forced banks to give unqualified loans to those households who could never qualify in the first place. It was THEY who forced the apparent "American Dream" down everyone's throat.

Demonrats live in a perennial pipe dream of denial.

HOPE to CHANGE the current bum off his throne!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's to hoping that Demonrats don't use their typical tactics of voter fraud and intimidation in November!

The official unemployment numbers mean they same as they have for many years.

The other employment statistics provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics provide a more complete picture of employment in the country, as they always have.

You seem to be suddenly paying more attention to the other statistics because you are opposed to the current President. Also, keep in mind that we are still in recovery from the Great Recession.

'Your vote on November 6th 2012 will answer this question. '

How many jobs were lost just after wall street crashed, that was btw on bush watch. Just because stupid republicans like you believe something is going to change, liberals aren't so easily deceived, by such utter nonsense.

*rolls his eyes at you* Your so ******* ignorant.

The total number of people out of the work force continues to grow and grow and grow unabated.

Job creation is non existent as people simply continue to stop looking for work, discouraged worker, underemployed workers, permanently out of work, continue to skyrocket.

No. Obama says he prevented a Great Depression. But I think we're in one.

. We were losing 650,000-800,000 jobs per month when Bush left office.

. Inherited Bush Unemployment 7.6%/8.1% Jan/Feb 2009.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_02...

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/laus_0327...

. Inherited Bush/GOP FY2009 Budget Deficit of $1.413 Trillion.

. DOW now 13,000 range vs. Bush DOW 7950 when Bush left office Jan/Feb 2009.

. Bush/GOP grew the Government 33% in 8 years.

. Bush - National Debt Increase: $5+ trillion. DURING AN EXPANSION.

. 2 Unfunded Wars. Unfunded Medicare D. 2 Unfunded Tax Cuts(that’s why they were TEMPORARY!!!).

Now (albeit sluggish),

http://www.flickr.com/photos/speakerpelosi/6442380...

. 10 Consecutive Quarters of GDP growth.

. 24 Months of Private Sector job growth.

. Stock Market DOW back to 13,000 level.

. New Housing Starts Up Again.

. Unemployment Claims in February lowest level in almost 4 years

. Over 3.7 million new jobs in the past 24 months.

(GDP) 2008 1st qtr -0.7% 2nd qtr +0.6% 3rd qtr -4.0% 4th qtr -9%

(GDP) 2009 1st qtr -4.9% 2nd qtr -0.7% 3rd qtr +1.6% 4th qtr +5.0%

(GDP) 2010 1st qtr +3.7% 2nd qtr +1.7% 3rd qtr +2.6% 4th qtr +3.2%

(GDP) 2011 1st qtr +1.9% 2nd qtr +1.3% 3rd qtr +1.8% 4th qtr +2.8%

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-...

Thank God the GOP has been actively fixing it <snicker>