Oh, I forgot to add. Another trick that Kerry is using is this. Bush extended unemployment benefits. Everyone who applied for that extension was counted again as unemployed. So each person was ONE unemployed, for the first filing and a SECOND unemployed after filing for the extension.
This doesn't flub the "number of jobs lost" numbers, but it certainly skews the "jobless claims" and "unemployed" numbers.
Oh, I forgot to add. Another trick that Kerry is using is this. Bush extended unemployment benefits. Everyone who applied for that extension was counted again as unemployed. So each person was ONE unemployed, for the first filing and a SECOND unemployed after filing for the extension.
This doesn't flub the "number of jobs lost" numbers, but it certainly skews the "jobless claims" and "unemployed" numbers.""
I thought sKerry accused Bush last night of NOT extending the unemployment benefits.
Which is it? You may be correct, I may have heard it wrong. sKerry makes me so mad when he starts his moaning, I start to not concentrate.