Unemployment Statistics—according to whom? (according to people not out of work)

FISHY

Fishy # One – – – Here, fishy, fishy, come take my baited hook.  You’ve been waiting for years for something this good.

Fishy # Two – – – Stinks to high heaven.  How many stinking lies are we supposed to swallow?

Fishy # Three – – – How did all these fish appear, just now?  One month before election, the unemployment number suddenly does a magic trick?  Come on now, you’ve got to be kidding

At least two members on the Bureau of Labor Statistics are significant contributors to the current administration’s political campaign.

If you count all the people who have given up looking for work, the unemployment rate would be much higher—no chance of re-election.

The BLS statistics do not count the people who have given up looking for work.

The BLS statistics are usually revised (more honest direction) a week after posting.

Somebody knows they are pulling something over on us.

Will Americans take the bait, again, and swallow the well-designed fish-hook, line, and sinker?