Friday Fun: Job data

The BLS put out labor statistics that may raise some eyebrows. Want to find out more about your area? The map below is a screenshot, but to find more info click here.

PJ and BD

Penn Jillette is funny. I watched a few of his

shows and I laughed, but often felt as though he was not honest in his arguments. Maybe, that's too harsh, dishonest, but you could at least say skewed towards his point of view. So today, CNN puts up an article Jillette writes about Obama's economic policies. Here is the thesis:

Obama tells us that we can spend our way out of debt. He tells us that even though the government had control over the banks and did nothing to stop the bad that's going on, if we give them more control over more other bank-like things, then they can make sure bad stuff doesn't happen ever again. He says we can get out of all those big wars President Bush caused by sending more troops into Afghanistan. And I don't know. I really don't know.

Now, that link doesn't go to any statement by Obama to that effect. I don't remember Obama ever saying we can spend our way out of debt. I do know that economists on the right and left agreed that stimulus spending needed to be big. Which is to say, Jillette is bullshitting us. And that is disappointing.