Half of new jobs last month came from McD's hiring blitz

Sounds to me like a huge, orchestrated public relations stunt. A conspiracy to lead average Americans to believe that things really aren't that bad.

Let's really think about this for a minute. Not only did this one-time hiring blitz account for half the new jobs created last month, but it did little to offset the increase in the official unemployment rate which rose to 9.1%. So these "added jobs" are still a net loss.

Add to this the fact that we are talking about minimum wage part-time jobs. Hardly the sort of job that someone can live on. Nevertheless, only 1 in 20 people who applied got the job.

Here is a link to the article of how the latest numbers are being translated:


http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/half-last-months-jobs-came-single-employer-mcdonalds_573220.html

Here are two previous in-house articles on the McDonald's hiring blitz:

After 'feel-good' hiring blitz in US, McDonald's to replace workers with touch-screens

Get a job you f@@kin' bum!