Comments on: Sacramento ‘recovery’ reliant on government growth

By: Douglas

Douglas — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:09:59 +0000

I posted this in response to your article of Dec 7 : “Record numbers for govt. employment is no joke”

It IS a joke, right? There has been a huge decrease in government jobs at all levels.

THE “73%” is a huge anomaly, caused by who knows what economic factors and exploited shamelessly by CNS “News”.

By: Douglas

Douglas — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:00:28 +0000

Happy new year

By: Douglas

Douglas — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:50:18 +0000

From the BLS charts linked in your article.

By: Katy Grimes

Katy Grimes — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:41:44 +0000

Where are you getting your data Doug?

By: Douglas

Douglas — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:50:04 +0000

No, it is not normal.

There were 1.625 million new jobs since January 2012.
There were 24 thousand FEWER government jobs since January 2012.

Since November, 2008, there are 897,000 FEWER government jobs.

73.3% is the highest ratio of government to private sector jobs gained, by far, in the entire data set for the 10 year period. So what is so special about “the five months since June”?

That’s the point. It is cherry picking. It is sensationalism.

By: us citizen

us citizen — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:52:06 +0000

Well the only thing the news reported correctly this year was that xmas sales SUCKED big time. That we never came out of a recession. Maybe the media is getting the hint that all of their lies are no longer believable. I can dream cant I? 🙂

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:44:19 +0000

Douglas says:

73% of new jobs created in the last five months were GOVERNMENT jobs.

THAT IS the problem Dougie, or do you think that is normal???????

By: David Yates

David Yates — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:18:11 +0000

Thank you again Katy; for getting the real new’s out

By: Douglas

Douglas — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:06:26 +0000

73% of new jobs created in the last five months were GOVERNMENT jobs.

This is true, according to the BLS.

ALSO, according to the BLS, since January of 2012, there were 1.62 million new jobs, and 24 thousand FEWER government jobs.

How do you calculate that percentage?

Why go back five months for a comparison?

There must be a spreadsheet function that automatically finds the most outrageous stats in any given set of tables. Call it the “cherry picking” formula. I believe David Crane originated this with his “2,000 % increase in pension costs in the last ten years.”

Citing blatantly misleading “information” like this questions the credibility of the entire article.

By: Eric R.

Eric R. — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:48:41 +0000

You weren’t expecting any honesty from the MSM, were you?

Remember, they see Orwell’s Ministry of Truth as a how-to manual, not as a cautionary tale.