Part-time Nation: Was the April jobs report really the Obamacare jobs report?

Part-time Nation: Was the April jobs report really the Obamacare jobs report? We heard one CNBC talking head speculate today that the increase in jobs was due to restaurants and similar businesses cutting employees’ hours back in order to get out from under ObamaCare and then having to hire more part-timers to take up the slack. We shall see.

This post was last modified on January 26, 2021

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  • What I find absolutely hilarious is that my brother voted for this yahoo because, as he is graduating as a Wind Turbine Technician this month, he wanted to make sure he had a job. He listened to the idiots who said Romney hated the environment and would cut the subsidies (I argued that never mind that 0 would eventually leave office, as he isn't king and the new guy could do it 3 years later (huge fight ensued)). NOW just about every Facebook post and tweet is about how horrible a President 0 is. I have to seriously rein in my "told you so" impulse.

    • Hey you can still slap him square in the face with an occasional "I told you so!" Just tell him what you tell your kid just before you give him a spanking; "This is going to hurt me more than it's going to hurt you, son."

      • That's what I think every time I tell someone I voted for the one candidate who was not a sellout to Corporate Greed.

        • You know, if you could just drop this screed of yours, people might actually listen to what you have to say. See if you have it in you to say something intelligent. I'm rooting for you!

  • Obamacare has created jobs, for lawyers and part time (formerly full time) workers.

  • Meanwhile the U6 unemployment rate (The real number of people out of work) went up. More creative accounting by the asshats in this Administration, as usual.

  • It doesn't really do them any good to speculate, in fact, they can specualte all day long and we'll still be no closer to solving the employment problems in this country until we throw all of the asshats out of office in DC, starting with the Village Idiot himself.