Missing From August Job Report

[Kathianne]

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/09/what-the-august-jobs-number-didnt-tell-you.php


POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 BY JOHN HINDERAKER (http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/author/john)WHAT THE AUGUST JOBS NUMBER DIDN’T TELL YOU
The official jobs report said that the U.S. economy added 173,000 jobs in August. Here is what it didn’t say: at the end of August, there were 698,000 fewer native-born Americans with jobs than there were at the beginning of the month. ZeroHedge (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-07/698k-native-born-americans-lost-their-job-august-why-suddenly-most-important-jobs-ch) reports:




The one chart that matters more than ever…is the following, showing the cumulative addition of foreign-born and native-born workers added to US payrolls according to the BLS since December 2007, i.e., since the start of the recession/Second Great Depression.

http://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2015/09/domestic-vs-foreign-cumulative.jpg?zoom=1.5&resize=580%2C401

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[NightTrain]

I'd be interested to know if 'Foreign Born Workers' includes legal American citizens who went through the process and naturalized... the article didn't spell that out.

If those do not include that demographic, then these numbers are atrocious!



...but the wording there has me suspicious. I'm tired and not thinking clearly, off to bed for me.

[Kathianne]

I'd be interested to know if 'Foreign Born Workers' includes legal American citizens who went through the process and naturalized... the article didn't spell that out.

If those do not include that demographic, then these numbers are atrocious!



...but the wording there has me suspicious. I'm tired and not thinking clearly, off to bed for me.

I can't say for sure, but I'm betting it's about those legally cleared to work. Those working at Disney and other companies that are displacing American workers.