[DuncanWaring]

You might think that's how they do it, but it's not.

Well then enlighten us ... how do they do it?

[1rudeboy]

You haven't been on the (hundreds, by now, probably) threads where I have? I do it at least once a week.

The primary method the government uses to massage its unemployment rate number is to decrease/increase the labor force participation rate.

Unemployment compensation (or lack thereof) has nothing to do with the way the unemployment rate is calculated.

There, I said it again. Can someone repeat it now and then so that people don't think all conservatives are clueless with regard to economics?