Unemployment Rate for Women, Blacks Rises Sharply..DEBT HITS $16,432,706,000,000.00

[The Shadow]

Unemployment Rate for Women, Blacks Rises Sharply

(CNSNews.com) – Government unemployment numbers for December showed that while the general unemployment rate remained flat at 7.8 percent, unemployment for women and African-Americans rose despite an economy that created 155,000 jobs.

Unemployment for women rose to 7.3 percent in December from 7.0 percent while the rate for African-Americans rose sharply to 14.0 percent from 13.2 percent in November. Unemployment among African Americans has remained quite high throughout the sluggish economic recovery of the past several years, despite the steady decline in overall unemployment in the economy generally.

The number of employed African Americans actually fell in December – a month that typically sees a spike in job creation as employers add temporary positions to handle the holiday shopping season. The number of employed African Americans fell from nearly 16 million to 15.8 million in December.By contrast, the unemployment rate for Whites remained nearly a full point below the national average at 6.9 percent in December.

11.5% For 18-29 Group

The dismal jobs situation in America is even worse for young adults, who are suffering an unemployment rate 30 percent higher than the national average of 7.8 announced by Washington Friday.

According to Generation Opportunity, which charts unemployment for Millennials aged 18-29, the rate is 11.5 percent and a shocking 22.1 percent for younger black Americans.

DEBT HITS $16, 432, 706, 000, 000.00

[Fang]

Aren't these the primary groups that voted for Obama? I wonder what the unemployment rate is for "angry" older white men. I bet they aren't so angry after all.

[bmore_ken]

Aren't these the primary groups that voted for Obama? I wonder what the unemployment rate is for "angry" older white men. I bet they aren't so angry after all.

Nahh they're still angry. They'll be angry until 2016 when the brotha man finally leaves the WH

[flyboy56]

Aren't these the primary groups that voted for Obama? I wonder what the unemployment rate is for "angry" older white men. I bet they aren't so angry after all.

Then you don't understand how SS works. Older white men and everyone else who is nearing retirement depend on younger workers to pay into the system for their retirement income. Baby boomers used to be the horses pulling the light cart. Now it will be the heavier boomers who are in the cart being pulled by weaker horses.

[Fang]

Nahh they're still angry. They'll be angry until 2016 when the brotha man finally leaves the WH

That's just something Liberals like to say. But I have yet to meet this "angry white man" you speak of.

[ivanbalt]

That's just something Liberals like to say. But I have yet to meet this "angry white man" you speak of.

My great uncle would apply perfectly. He's 86.

[Fang]

My great uncle would apply perfectly. He's 86.

That age could apply to any race.

[ivanbalt]

That age could apply to any race.

He's 86, ultra-right wing, white, and a bit racist. Like I said, he fits the stereotypical "angry old white man" image perfectly.

[Marshan Man]

That's just something Liberals like to say. But I have yet to meet this "angry white man" you speak of.

The OP doesn't count??

[Fang]

The OP doesn't count??

LOL I really wouldn't know.

[bmore_ken]

That's just something Liberals like to say. But I have yet to meet this "angry white man" you speak of.

You must not read the posts here too often. There are several who post here on a regular basis

[Fang]

You must not read the posts here too often. There are several who post here on a regular basis

So you don't think some other posters come off as angry black men? I could point to any race and come up with some angry people.

[DaggerJohn]

He's 86, ultra-right wing, white, and a bit racist. Like I said, he fits the stereotypical "angry old white man" image perfectly.

Don't be so harsh. At age 86 you've pretty well earned the right to be whomever you damned well want to be!

[bmore_ken]

So you don't think some other posters come off as angry black men? I could point to any race and come up with some angry people.

With some of the names it's hard sometimes to tell who's a man and who's a woman but there are definitely some angry black folks here

[CajunRaven]

Nahh they're still angry. They'll be angry until 2016 when the brotha man finally leaves the WH

I don't know if I can stay mad that long, unless of course the Ravens tank.

[Fang]

I don't know if I can stay mad that long, unless of course the Ravens tank.

Evans/Cundiff

[CajunRaven]

Evans/Cundiff

Now why did you have to go and bring them up on playoff weekend.

[Fang]

Now why did you have to go and bring them up on playoff weekend.

Let's hope the Ravens erase that terrible memory!

[Brohan]

Nahh they're still angry. They'll be angry until 2016 when the brotha man finally leaves the WH

Ha! Yeah, the prep school brotha from the mean streets of Hawaii and Cambridge Mass! There are Osmonds with more soul than Obama.