[OnyxCougar]

Originally posted by richlevy

I wonder the same thing about job growth. Say a reservist is in Iraq for 12 months. His company may be unwilling to wait for him and is probably not legally required to do so, so they hire a replacement. Until his deployment is finished this counts as job growth.

I believe that it is not a legal requirement to hold a position open for a person longer than 2 weeks for National Guard training, or for people not within the guidelines of the Family Medical Leave Act.

So Joe National Guard Guy loses his job, gets paid basically nothing, (Servicepeople E-4 and under qualify for food stamps if the member is the sole income earner with a family of 4) and the spouse has to pick up the slack. When Joe gets back, he's unemployed now, too.

Dubya came to NC to tell us how great the economy is looking, in a state with double digit unemployment, and where my husband put in no less than 50 applications before getting a temp job at a Pharmeceuticals plant. This includes WalMart, the fast food joints, the college, temp agencies, anywhere that had a sign up or an ad in the paper, word of mouth, and the Unemplyment Agency. So Dubya can stick it in his ass. As far as this part of NC is concerned, the numbers lie.