The American ruling class has long since trampled on the revolutionary democratic traditions of the American Revolution and Civil War. Today, as it resorts to plunder and repression to increase its wealth and widen the chasm between rich and poor, the bourgeoisie in its greed and insolence bears a striking resemblance to the old slaveholding elite.
THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE OPEN BORDERS WITH NARCOMEX IS TO KEEP WAGES DEPRESSED!
THE
ENTIRE REASON THE BORDERS ARE LEFT OPEN IS TO CUT WAGES!
"We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming
the jobs taken by illegal workers," said Representative Lamar Smith of
Texas, co-chairman of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus. "President Obama
is on the wrong side of the American people on immigration. The president
should support policies that help citizens and legal immigrants find the jobs
they need and deserve rather than fail to enforce immigration laws."
DO ONLY ILLEGALS GET JOBS IN THIS NATION?
Jobless Rate Rises in Five of 10 U.S.
Campaign Swing States
By
Michelle Jamrisko and Alex Kowalski - Sep 21, 2012 8:10 AM PT
Justin Lane/EPA
A job seeker, right, discusses her resume with
a prospective employer during a job fair at a community center in New York.
The jobless rate
rose in August in five of 10 states considered battlegrounds in the U.S. presidential
election less than two months before voters head to the polls.
Unemployment climbed in Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Iowa, North Carolina and Nevada, figures from the Labor Department
showed today in Washington. The rate dropped
in Colorado and New Mexico, and was unchanged from July in Ohio, Florida and Virginia. Joblessness in six of
the 10 states is below the national average of 8.1
percent.
Changes in the unemployment rate in the swing states may influence
voters as they weigh President Barack Obama’s argument that his policies are
helping heal the economy and Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s contention that the president’s
policies have left Americans worse off than they were four years ago.
“In the last six months or so, the trends have never been
negative from Obama’s point of view -- the growth has been slow, but it’s been
steady,” said Bruce Buchanan, a political
scientist at the University of Texas in Austin, who studies voter
behavior in presidential elections. “And that has gradually defanged the
economic issue as a promising one for Romney.”
Employers cut jobs in six of the electoral swing states in
August, including Ohio and Virginia. Florida and Wisconsin showed a pickup in
employment.
U.S. Unemployment
A Labor Department report earlier this month showed the
unemployment rate in the U.S. dropped in August from 8.3 percent in July as
more Americans left the workforce.
Unemployment climbed to 7.5 percent in Wisconsin last month from
7.3 percent in July, rose to 5.7 percent from 5.4 percent in New Hampshire, and
increased in Iowa to 5.5 percent from 5.3 percent. The jobless rate in North
Carolina rose to 9.7 percent in August from 9.6 percent and advanced in Nevada
to 12.1 percent, the highest in the nation, from 12 percent.
The jobless rate in Ohio was 7.2 percent in August for a third
month and stayed at 8.8 percent in Florida. Obama carried a majority of the
vote in Ohio, Florida and six other key swing states in 2008. Ohio and Florida
account for two of the biggest electoral prizes this year.
Among the swing states, Florida showed the biggest gain in
employment at 23,200 last month. Payrolls climbed 7,800 in Wisconsin.
Virginia’s 12,400 drop in employment was the largest of any U.S. state in
August. In Ohio, employers reduced headcount by 2,000.
Fiscal Cliff
The lack of clarity on taxes and government spending associated with the approaching
so-called fiscal cliff, along with a weaker global economy, may be prompting
companies to hold the line on headcounts.
Obama polls 50 percent among likely voters in Colorado,
Wisconsin and Iowa, according to the latest survey. The NBC News/Wall Street
Journal/Marist College poll gave Obama identical 5 percentage-point leads, 50
percent to 45 percent, in Colorado and Wisconsin, and an 8-point advantage in
Iowa, 50 percent to 42 percent.
The surveys were conducted Sept. 16-18 of 971 likely voters in
Colorado with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 898
likely voters in Iowa with a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points and 968
likely voters in Wisconsin with a margin of
error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
An NBC/Journal poll of likely voters released last week put
Obama ahead of Romney 49 percent to 44 percent in Florida and Virginia, and
leading with 50 percent to 43 percent in Ohio. No Republican has won the White
House without carrying Ohio.
Gallup Poll
At the same time, the national daily Gallup tracking poll of
registered voters for the period Sept. 13-19 has the two candidates tied at 47
percent.
Among all states, 26 registered a gain in joblessness in August,
while 12 posted decreases, today’s data showed. Payrolls climbed in 28 states
last month and fell in 21.
State and local employment data are derived independently from
the national statistics, which are typically released on the first Friday of every
month. The state figures are subject to larger sampling errors because they
come from smaller surveys, making the national figures more reliable, according
to the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Moody’s Analytics Inc., which predicts presidential election
results based solely on state-by-state economic data and past voting behavior,
predicted Obama winning the election with 303 electoral votes as of Aug. 22,
unchanged from the previous month’s forecast.
Electoral College
A candidate needs 270 Electoral College votes for the
presidency. The 10 swing states have a combined total of 115 electoral votes.
The latest Moody’s analysis was released in advance of the
August payrolls data. Employers nationwide added 96,000 jobs last month, less
than the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg, after a revised
141,000 gain in July that was smaller than initially estimated, Labor
Department data showed on Sept. 7.
Factory employment fell by the most in two years, temporary-help companies
cut positions for the first time in five months and the share of the
working-age population in the labor force slumped to the lowest since 1981.
Including the August gain, the U.S. has recovered 4.1 million of
the 8.8 million jobs lost as a result of the 18-month recession that ended in
June 2009.
43 Months
At the same time, the jobless rate has exceeded 8 percent for 43
consecutive months, the longest stretch in the post-World War II era.
The lack of progress in the labor market persuaded the Federal Reserve to announce further accommodation
last week. The Fed said it will expand its holdings of long-term securities
with open-ended purchases of $40 billion of mortgage debt a month in a third
round of quantitative easing as it seeks to boost growth and reduce
unemployment.
“If the outlook for
the labor market does not improve substantially, the committee will continue
its purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities, undertake additional asset
purchases and employ its other policy tools as appropriate,” the Federal Open Market
Committee said Sept. 13 in a statement at the end of a two-day meeting in
Washington.
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