"Companies eliminated 165,000 jobs in the quarter to shore up profits, and still managed to get more output with fewer workers"
I've been off the work ladder for over a year; that is the way to shut the whole war machine down, but Americans will never see it.
Not when they are such damn idiots!!
"Productivity ticks up in 2d quarter; 2.2% rate comes from payroll cuts" by Bloomberg News | August 9, 2008
WASHINGTON - Worker productivity in the United States grew in the second quarter as employers trimmed payrolls to weather the economic slump.
Companies eliminated 165,000 jobs in the quarter to shore up profits, and still managed to get more output with fewer workers.
"Productivity still looks pretty good," said Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York, who used to work at the Fed. "We are seeing good cost control from businesses. It's good news for the Fed."
Yeah, the only ones not making out are the WORKERS and the AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!!
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To paraphrase what someone said once:
"Bad enough to have a Southern overseer, worse to have a Northern one. But the worst of all is the man who oversees himself."
Truer words were never spoken, huh, AmeriKan MSM?