With numbers like these.…
While the American economy added 293,000 jobs last month, according to the separate household survey, the number of persons employed part time for economic reasons — “involuntary part-time workers” as the Labor Department calls them – increased by almost as much, by 278,000 to 7.9 million. These folks were working part time because a) their hours had been cut back or b) they were unable to find a full-time job. At the same time, the U-6 unemployment rate — a broader measure of joblessness that includes discouraged workers and part-timers who want a full-time gig – rose from 13.8% to 13.9%.
… it should be no surprise that we have numbers like these.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 45% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Obama’s job performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) now disapprove.
This is the lowest level of approval for the president since August of last year.
Today’s figures include 25% who Strongly Approve of the way Obama is performing as president and 41% who Strongly Disapprove.
How much more misery can the American people sustain? We must turn away from failed federal economic policies.
