I’m getting the labor force number from the BLS, of course.
We really can't trust numbers from folks that we consider to be frauds and liars. Billy Clinton and Obama are liars. The NYT lies Hillary lies. When those clowns say something all I can tell is that they said something and I look elsewhere to find out whether what they said was true or not. While I personally don't consider the BLS to be a bunch of liars, I have noticed that political hack liars love to pervert good BLS numbers beyond all recognition.
Do you happen to work at BLS?
With wage and participation and all sorts of other metrics confirming a horrible employment picture, have you any sustainable argument for regarding the unemployment numbers as meaningful?