For those committed to destroying the Affordable Care act by any means possible, who can blame them for seeking to misdirect based on using only a small part of the data as it pertains to employment when telling the full story blows up the entire meme? Such a claim is, after all, ear candy for an audience looking for any reason to hate the law, even if they don’t quite know why they so are so displeased.
The problem, however, is that this popular line of attack comes with a rather significant flaw—the claim is provably false.
A more careful review of the latest BLS jobs report out last week—a review in which the anti-Obamacare forces do not want you to engage in—reveals that while we do, indeed, currently have 27 million part-time workers in the economy, only 8 million of these people are working part-time because they cannot find a full-time job.
That means that 19 million Americans are working part-time because that is all the work they desire to have.
What’s more, not only does the September jobs report reveal that the number of part-timers wishing for full-time work showed no increase when compared to the previous month’s numbers, the report provides a piece of data far more important—
In September of 2012, the number of part-timers seeking full-time work comprised 6 percent of the workforce. One year later, the September jobs report reveals that the number has shrunk to 5.5 percent.
This idea that the Affordable Care Act is inspiring employers to hire part time workers over full time workers is one of the major talking points. So recognizing that it is based on a misrepresentation of the facts is something that EVERY mainstream journalist should do but doesn't.
These GOP "facts" require darkness and loads of bullshit to grow, the best way to fight them is to shine a light on them and watch them wither away.
The louder they scream, the more I'm led to believe the ACA is going to wonders.
ReplyDeleteKeep chipping away at the talking points. I appreciate the ammunition.
ReplyDeleteGryphen, you may want to fix your headline, and then take a gander at this!
ReplyDeleteNevada tea party Republican: ‘Yeah, I would’ vote to bring back slavery
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/29/nevada-tea-party-republican-yeah-i-would-vote-to-bring-back-slavery/
These Republicans are full of crap! Everyone knows companies, especially retail and fast food, hire workers @ 39 hrs to keep them part-time so they are ineligible for benefits.
ReplyDeleteSomething the government did not count on was some insurance companies bypassing the offer to go on the exchange. This is DRAMATICALLY changing the rollout and may doom the ACA more than any bad software rollout ever could. http://obamacareaca.com/obamacare/big-insurance-company-problems-for-obamacare/ explains the big oops in the ACA law. An excellent video from CBS news adds to the explanation.
ReplyDeleteThe real quote starts like this: "I am being paId by the Koch Brothers for the next 61 days to act like a buffoon and do everything, given my pea sized brain. possible to disrupt the Affordable Care Act in order to insure massive profits by the John Birch Society founded/funded Koch Brothers evil empire. Got it?
ReplyDeleteThe GOP is quasi apoplectic over the broken website, for a law they fought so hard to stop, but couldn't and banging pots while stomping up and down to deflect from the GOP shutdown which cost our economy at least 24 billion and who knows how much yet to be accounted for bucks in consumer confidence etc.
ReplyDeleteWe can't dim the spotlight on the damage their ignorant chicanery cost us.
Keep polishing Barrys turd. It FAILED and Barry continues to fail. You deadbeats dont care though, you dont care what it is or if it even works you just want your freebies!
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