Where the Recovery Jobs Are

Some folks ask, where are the jobs? when talking about the Recovery Act. Jared Bernstein of the White House introduces five stories from around the country—stories of Americans whose jobs have been saved or created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (public domain)

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[rustyscrapper]

@rahowr more specifially: lots of construction is seasonal but historically a construction worker made 50-100k in 8 months and went on 4 months vacation. Now people are making 30-40k in 8 months and scrounging like beggars for temp work in the winter. In my union LOCAL alone theres about 300 people on the out of work list during a "boom" in the peak of the construction season. Construction growth my ass.

[josiahcampbell]

They don't allow enough space in this comment box so any thing that is said, is cut short, and it does not really matter JUST KEEP SAYING THE RIGHT SHIT AND DOING THE WRONG THINGS RIGHT. jerks.

[rahowr]

You stupid people are getting excited over construction ?

ALL ...Construction jobs are temporary jobs . When the jobs over your un-employed ! We need plants/factories /manufac jobs.

Long term careers.

Another thing the holiday season always has a rise in employment . Its called seasonal temp jobs. Nothing is getting better.

[oldblufoxx]

Nice video. I just got back from California. Coming out of Joshua Tree National Monument to Interstate 10 we saw an enormous wind farn in the canyon whre the winds are apparently strong. But we went through many other canyons and passes with no windmills. The Federal government needs to fund wind farms for localities. Jobs plus energy that is not foreign oil derived. Sounds like a wind wind!!!

[kd5icr1967]

Communism

a.A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.

b.The Marxist-Leninist version of Communist doctrine that advocates the overthrow of capitalism by the revolution of the proletariat.

[kd5icr1967]

Thats a good goddamn question were in the fuck are the jobs. Not just the ones you give to the fucking unions. You are all a bunch of useless HACKS.

[Suchorski321]

I'm by no means rich,but i worked hard at other autorepair shops and started my own in 2006, I could hire someone to help out & create one job, sure it is only one job, but that is one less person collecting uneployment right now.The thing that is stopping me from hirring is the uncertanty about healthcare & tax's.I'm just a small time auto repair shop, Just imagine how larger company's are holding back hiring because of the uncertanty with Obama's radical social programs he wants to have.

[scolopede]

Yeah I agree with that, too much debt created by the moral hazard of knowing there's a bailout waiting, and has made things unstable. But if people weren't in such debt, they could afford to purchase more so is it a mistake to say demand is down because of too much debt? I may have the def of "demand" a little off. It reminds me of that SNL piece "don't buy things you can't afford.", haha, that was funny.

[bobjman]

The US economy is fundamentally structurally imbalanced. These problems have nothing to due with a lack of demand. The US consumer owes 130% of yearly income in debt. The Total private debt is $46 Trillion. Total public debt is $11 Trillion. The total of the US stands a app. 370% of GDP, which is near the all time peak which occurred at the end of WWII. These in addition to the Federal Reserve setting the price of credit to free are primarily responsible for our catastrophic imbalances.

[bobjman]

You're quite a disturbingly misinformed individual. Obama is the most pro Wall St. and pro Federal Reserve president that we've ever had. Do you read the news?