Unemployment Statistics—according to whom? (according to people not out of work)<\/p>\n
FISHY<\/p>\n
Fishy # One – – – Here, fishy, fishy, come take my baited hook.\u00a0 You’ve been waiting for years for something this good.<\/p>\n
Fishy # Two – – – Stinks to high heaven.\u00a0 How many stinking lies are we supposed to swallow?<\/p>\n
Fishy # Three – – – How did all these fish appear, just now?\u00a0 One month before election, the unemployment number suddenly does a magic trick?\u00a0 Come on now, you’ve got to be kidding<\/p>\n
At least two members on the Bureau of Labor Statistics are significant contributors to the current administration’s political campaign.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The BLS statistics do not count the people who have given up looking for work.<\/p>\n
The BLS statistics are usually revised (more honest direction) a week after posting.<\/p>\n
Somebody knows they are pulling something over on us.<\/p>\n
Will Americans take the bait, again, and swallow the well-designed fish-hook, line, and sinker?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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