Economy Adds 292,000 Jobs In December, Unemployment Remains At 5 Percent

FILE - In this April 24, 2012, file photo, job seeker Alan Shull attends a job fair in Portland, Ore. The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits ticked down last week after dropping sharply the pre... FILE - In this April 24, 2012, file photo, job seeker Alan Shull attends a job fair in Portland, Ore. The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits ticked down last week after dropping sharply the previous week, evidence hiring could pick up this month. Weekly applications dropped 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 367,000 in the week ending May 5, the Labor Department said Thursday, May 10, 2012. The previous week's figure was revised up slightly. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) MORE LESS

The U.S. economy grew by 292,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate remained the same at 5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.

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  1. WHAt these Data DON’t SHOW is THE LITerLLY BILLIONs of high SCHool EDucated WHIte men that aRE no longer working BECAUSe they Can’t CompETE wiTH MExicaNS, caLVEs as BIG as MUScles. Instead, they’re Using THE BLAcks PLAYBooK BY getting GOVernement HANdouts FROM the GOVernment. ASK Yourself. Would YOU Rather wORK MINIMUM wage and EAT cat FOOD or GET SNAP and EAT LOBster???

  2. ANOTHER strong jobs report!?! This country is going to the dogs. Thanks, Obama.

  3. GOP: (crickets)

  4. This is good news. Now that these people have jobs each of them can go out and buy three guns, adding nearly one million new guns in the hands of private citizens.

  5. Avatar for mcbain mcbain says:

    Pro tip : when the GOP says policy XYZ will destroy jobs, it is a safe bet that the exact opposite will occur.

    You’d think at some point they would be tired of being wrong all the time.

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