While Tea Party groups were put on hold…
Now, we all know the IRS improperly targeted group with names containing “Tea Party” or “Patriots” from seeking tax-exempt status—but we have not known who were behind this practice yet. Continue reading
While Tea Party groups were put on hold…
Now, we all know the IRS improperly targeted group with names containing “Tea Party” or “Patriots” from seeking tax-exempt status—but we have not known who were behind this practice yet. Continue reading
The numbers provided by government
The government reported that the economy added 165,000 jobs in April, 2013. And the unemployment rate dropped to 7.5%.
Let let us look in the numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to see the real state of employment (click here to access data prepared by the BLS).
(Numbers in thousand—all figures are seasonally adjusted)
Jan Feb March April
Civilian labor force: 155,654 155,524 155,028 155,238
Employed: 143,322 143,492 143,286 143,579
Unemployed: 12,332 12,032 11,742 11,659
Unemployment rate: 7.9% 7.7% 7.6% 7.5%
Not in Labor Force: 89,008 89,304 89,967 89,936
Not in Labor Force—
But want a job: 6,750 6,631 6,821 6,413
Numbers that stood out in this month’s report (from table A-8) is the number of people working part-time: Continue reading