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OBAMA ADVISER WARNS WINTER TO 'DISTORT' UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES (Drudge Headline)
Drudge ^ | 03/01/2010 | Drudge

Posted on 03/01/2010 3:27:17 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour

The story is a Reuters Story heres the link:

Unemployment Numbers


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoeconomy; drudge; duplicate; snowmageddon
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Nice excuse, Ovodka.


21 posted on 03/01/2010 3:39:08 PM PST by StopObama2012 (CLICK ME to expose Osaudi)
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To: iamweasle

Boy the imagination runs wild with thoughts of him stinking up the WH with the smell of stale beer and cigs. YUK


22 posted on 03/01/2010 3:39:53 PM PST by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
latest findings from The Ministry of Truth.
23 posted on 03/01/2010 3:43:46 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Saw it on Drudge and wondered who Mr. Winter was and why was he being pressured to fix numbers.


24 posted on 03/01/2010 3:46:19 PM PST by BallyBill (WARNING:Taking me serious could cause stress related illness.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Edgar?


25 posted on 03/01/2010 3:49:10 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Too bad Reuters didn't do a little research on the BLS web site. The method for calculating unemployment and the questions that are asked could have enabled the author to write something worth reading. Pretty easy for the average person to know the excuse is BS, or shall I say it is easy for the average FReeper to know.
26 posted on 03/01/2010 3:50:51 PM PST by LuvFreeRepublic (Support our military or leave. I will help you pack BO!)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
To generate these numbers, they don't actually count paper claims filed. They call a bunch of random people on the phone and ask, "Hey, did you work last week?"

Given the way the question is typically phrased, some nimrods out there who ARE employed but DIDN'T go to work could skew the numbers.

This explanation was written about in several publications (and discussed here on FR) well before the numbers came out.

27 posted on 03/01/2010 3:55:24 PM PST by Dianna
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To: Common Sense 101

CA at least now does it by phone and internet for the most part.


28 posted on 03/01/2010 3:58:30 PM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: al baby

Could be, he’s white enough!


29 posted on 03/01/2010 3:59:45 PM PST by Fresh Wind ("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Here's the culprit...


30 posted on 03/01/2010 4:02:52 PM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: Dianna

I am aware that the figure is determined by a phone survey, but thanks for offering that info. Seems lots still think it is based on whether an unemployment check is received. The questions that are asked are on the BLS site. I still think if the questions were reviewed by the author, he/she could have written a better article, if that was the real objective. The author just regurgitated the talking points for BO and we all know it. Cheers.


31 posted on 03/01/2010 4:07:10 PM PST by LuvFreeRepublic (Support our military or leave. I will help you pack BO!)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Do they think we won’t know everything they say is not a lie?


32 posted on 03/01/2010 5:02:08 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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