• There is no GDP generated by government jobs,"

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    "The second-largest employer last year was the government. And they're
    back on the same track again this year. There is no GDP generated by
    government jobs,"

    from https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/former-home-depot-ceo-clears-smoke-bidens-deceptively-correct-jobs-report

    Former Home Depot CEO clears the smoke from Biden's 'deceptively
    correct' jobs report
    The US added 206,000 new jobs, a third of them being in the government

    Bob Nardelli, Steve Moore caution against overstating jobs created in
    Biden jobs report
    Economic experts are sounding the alarm on the Biden administration's "deceptively correct" June jobs report, warning Americans that the labor
    market is not as "bright or rosy" as Democrats want voters to think.

    "I call that number, Cheryl, deceptively correct. As you pointed out,
    every month it gets adjusted. So the 206,000 jobs, again, Steve [Moore]
    is right. The second-largest employer last year was the government. And
    they're back on the same track again this year. There is no GDP
    generated by government jobs," former Home Depot CEO and former Chrysler Chairman Bob Nardelli said Friday, setting the record straight during an appearance on "Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street."

    JOBS REPORT: ONE-THIRD OF THE 206K ADDS IN JUNE WERE IN GOVERNMENT

    "Inflation is like carbon monoxide. It's the silent killer that's
    creating job problems in the quality of life. It is pervasive. People
    are still using dynamic pricing, Steve, to your point, and we're
    continuing to suffer under reckless spending. It's causing these
    problems in our economy. It's stressing the fault lines in our economy.
    And whoever gets in that white House next year is going to be hit with a wrecking ball to try and pull this back," Nardelli continued.


    bob nardelli home depot biden jobs
    Former Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli is pictured next to President Biden. Nardelli joined economist Steve Moore during an appearance on "Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street" and assessed June's better-than-expected jobs
    report. (Fox News / Fox News)

    FreedomWorks senior economist Steve Moore supported Nardelli's
    eye-opening assessment, arguing that he does not "buy" the Biden administration's characterization of the U.S.'s "hot" job market.

    TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS ARE FALLING BEHIND, CAN'T MAKE ENDS MEET

    "I think we've definitely shifted into a lower gear," Moore warned on
    Friday. "I'm not saying we're headed to a recession, but I am saying the economy is slowing down a lot, and we're seeing that both in some of the
    GDP numbers and also in the employment numbers."


    "I'm not saying we're headed for a recession, but I am saying the
    economy is slowing down a lot."

    - Economist Steve Moore
    Huntington Private Bank chief economist Olu Omodunbi says the jobs
    report shows a slowing in the labor market on 'The Claman Countdown.'video
    Did the jobs report put a September rate cut on the table?
    Huntington Private Bank chief economist Olu Omodunbi says the jobs
    report shows a slowing in the labor market on 'The Claman Countdown.'

    Moore continued, exposing a "particular problem" within the Biden administration's highly touted jobs report.

    TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS ARE FALLING BEHIND, CAN'T MAKE ENDS MEET

    "If you look over the last about 14 or 15 months, the biggest employer
    or the biggest source of new jobs has come from government and health
    care. And my goodness, we have a federal government that's running a $2 trillion deficit. They shouldn't be hiring workers. We should be
    dramatically reducing government employment," he said.

    "So we want to see more of the people… making things in the American
    economy getting jobs, but that just isn't happening. So I don't view
    this as [a] bright or rosy picture with the labor market right now."

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    June's job report indicated that the U.S. economy added about 206,000
    jobs in June. Pictured above is a breakdown of where the new jobs are
    going according to sector. | Fox News

    As the FOX Business show pointed to in the Friday segment, the White
    House recently announced they are extending overtime protection for 1
    million salaried workers who make less than $43,888 a year. The target
    salary is up over $8,000 from the previous salary minimum, with another increase scheduled on January 1 to raise the threshold to $58,000.

    Nardelli pushed back on the administration's new policy, arguing that
    this is not an "appropriate way" to increase the standard of living for American families.

    "This is not equitable in that if you have a lower skilled job, why are
    they going to get paid more than someone with higher skills? Because
    they're both working a couple of hours of overtime? So again, I'm not
    sure this is equitable, and I'm not sure this is an appropriate way to
    increase the standard of living for our families today. I think there
    are other things we should be doing," Nardelli said.

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    "To Steve's point, we got to pull back on this reckless spending. We got
    to get inflation under control."


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    herbivore678
    4 hours ago

    Under the Obama Administration they changed the calculations for
    unemployment and the "jobs" number, to make more favorable results. One
    change was to begin counting part time rather than just fulltime jobs.
    If you dive into the numbers, the Biden administration has lost over
    500,000 fulltime jobs ...

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    huntington-smythe873
    3 hours ago

    That's true, so Obama wouldn't look like the dud he was. You had to be
    paying attention to know what was going on. Obama was coming in at 20%
    and the new calculations had him at about 8%. As if.


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    Leave_The_Plantation
    3 hours ago

    Is anyone really surprised?

    Libs literally have nothing to 'tout' as an accomplishment with Biden so
    they lie ... it's what Libs do, it's who Libs are


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    bsnj
    4 hours ago

    Just like taking oil out of reserves to lower the price of gasoline is
    wrong, creating government jobs to create the illusion of increased
    employment is wrong. The problem for the American voters is that this
    deception will not be shown on most of our media outlets.


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    drwds
    3 hours ago

    I have to point out that the deception and dishonesty is from the Democrats.


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    usaf463050
    3 hours ago

    You:

    Just like taking oil out of reserves to lower the price of gasoline is
    wrong.

    People were screaming about the cost of gas and that the president
    should do something so he did. It was the only thing a president can do
    in hopes of lowering the price of gas.

    American oil companies are producing mor...

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    pickupurweapon-followme
    4 hours ago

    So 1/3 of the 206K new jobs are taxpayer funded gov't jobs?

    That isn't just 'not helping'

    the economy, it's actually a draw on it; making things worse!


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    joey5491
    4 hours ago

    The fact that government economists continue to tell us "...5 outta 4
    taxpayers have trouble with math" should provide ample insight into all
    this, don't you think???


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    unilateral
    4 hours ago

    "We're from the government. We're here to help." - Ronald Reagan, the
    8 most frightening words in the English language


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    Jack_Kemp_fan
    4 hours ago

    Keynesian economists all think (because John Maynard Keynes told his
    friends in the UK government) that government spending by itself is its
    own stimulus. But as Nardelli points out here, government does not
    create GDP. It is a service, and I would argue a mostly negative one.
    Keep in mind, Econ...

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    topsecretcorvettedocuments
    4 hours ago

    The government is creating more jobs because those already working for
    the government are not doing their jobs. Why should they? They are
    protected by their union.


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    semmas53
    4 hours ago

    Unions have no business being in Gov't. anyway. Most people don't have a "union" to protect them.


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    Randall Horton
    4 hours ago

    And DEI.


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    millertime89
    4 hours ago

    Let's also not forget that these jobs could be part-time and second jobs.

    Those categories also indicate a weaker market


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    imsmarterthanyou873
    4 hours ago

    Never forget how many jobs are required to be added to make a "good"
    economy. It's more than 200,000.


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    blacktrumpsupporter
    3 hours ago

    It's funny how everyone touts these jobs numbers as something magical.
    GDP doesn't go up when jobs are created. It goes up when jobs are filled
    so, I don't care if a billion jobs are created, if no one is filling
    those spots, then the nation loses.


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    👌DemusStultus👌
    4 hours ago

    Propping up the economy with government spending is not sustainable.

    Government jobs add nothing.


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    arienne22
    3 hours ago

    I actually had a former co-worker (now unemployed) tell me that creating
    more government jobs actually increases government revenue paid because government workers pay income taxes.


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    Jalano
    4 hours ago

    "We should be dramatically reducing government employment..."

    Government jobs do not add to a country's wealth, they subtract. Job
    growth through more government hiring is deceptive. Such things can be
    done merely to advance a political narrative. Those jobs are held by
    real people. When the "new jo...

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    Alotta.Anger
    3 hours ago

    You are correct government jobs are like parasites on the economy. The
    deliver NOTHING towards the GDP and I wish more people understood that
    simple things. We need to understand Gross Domestic PRODUCTS vs Gross
    Domestic Service.


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    jones_jones
    1 hour ago

    SO we should remove all the government spending on defense and health
    care so the economy can thrive? Did you know that those 2 items are
    actually 40% of our total economy? What do you think would happen if
    that suddenly stopped?

    I will give you a hint: Massive long term economic depression.


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    rightside178
    3 hours ago

    Never thought I’d live long enough to see that people don’t need or want
    a job to survive.

    No need to though when the Fed, State, Local governments and crybabies everywhere provide a check or handout for them.

    And yes, many of my fellow business owners know that we’re already in a recession and the c...

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