Posted on 02/25/2009 7:03:24 AM PST by ShadowAce
The overall unemployment rate currently stands at 7.2 percent, a 15-year high according to Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each day since the current recession began, in December 2007, the news has been full of reports of job layoffs. Just today the government released a report indicating that the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits is at its highest level in a quarter of a century, as more workers seek government assistance. Could the news get any worse? It’s all in how you calculate the numbers.
Here is a visual guide to the truth behind the numbers
finally, a chart that obamabots can actually understand! I only wish the government would actually call it like it is. Didn’t the time for tough talk and laying it on the table get announced last night????
The numbers may be a little off, but it shows the relationship between reality and what the gov’t tells us.
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