Oh, they would never do that.
Gallup points out all the schemes the government could use to make the numbers go down: discourage, unusual adjustment, parsing the definition of “looking for work”, etc.
Is Gallup suggesting that the government stats are lies?
No matter how they adjust the numbers, the people in this country who are out of luck and resources KNOW they are out of luck and resources. Press fiddling with the numbers isn’t going to wipe out Obamavilles and the homeless living in the streets, people who previosuly led happy, prosperous lives and enjoyed the fruits of a stable job. It’s degrading and a dangerous way for the Obama Administration to continue or ignore.