If you can't say anything nice...

Chris Losinger

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/03/MN120712.DTL&nl=fix[^] The GWB gang has decided to cut funding for a US Labor Department program that generated a monthly report on layoffs. Their last report said that 240,000 US workers were layed off in November. 62,000 in California alone. :~ Like someone else's mama always said "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." -c

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Saving $6.6 million per year for a few reports that any news agency could compile for free sounds like a good idea to me. Mike Mullikin :beer:

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Chris Losinger

how does a news agency get to do it "for free" ? if there's a way to do it for free, then that's what the govt should be doing. -c

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Chris Losinger wrote: how does a news agency get to do it "for free" ? Poor choice of words on my part. :-O How's this: News agencies routinely compile and report this information already (using their own funds) and thusly we have no need for government redundancy. Mike Mullikin :beer:

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Chris Losinger

Mike Mullikin wrote: News agencies routinely compile and report this information already where do they get their data ?

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Chris Losinger wrote: where do they get their data ? Every time there is a corporate mass layoff there is a news conference or press release. Mike Mullikin :beer:

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Chris Losinger

i guess that's true. i'm not sure it's enough to go on, but it would probably get you in the ballpark. but, my real point for the post was... 240,000 people were layed off... in november. -c

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One other interesting aspect of that article is that it doesn't mention how many people lost their job when the agency shut-down. ;P Mike Mullikin :beer:

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