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To: GilGil

Unemployment is not low. What it means is that new people applying for unemployment is down slightly because others have given up or their benefits have already run out.

It’s just like how BLS lies with statistics.

The participation rate and food stamps tell you more of the truth than the ridiculous unemployment smoke and mirror.


2 posted on 12/19/2014 12:42:10 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris

I remember 6 years ago there were 157 million working.

Today it is less than 130 million.

Honestly, where did the 27 million go? That is a lot of people.


3 posted on 12/19/2014 12:48:15 PM PST by GilGil
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To: SaveFerris
“It’s just like how BLS lies with statistics.”

How does BLS lie ? You just need to put together at least a dozen indicators to get a broader view of the labor market. They are all there, published by the... BLS.

9 posted on 12/22/2014 12:10:07 PM PST by Grzegorz 246
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