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GOP senators demand answers after grim revision says US added 818K fewer jobs: ‘Betrayal of trust’
NY Post ^ | 08/27/2024 | Ryan King

Posted on 08/27/2024 9:28:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A group of Republican senators wants to know how President Biden’s Department of Labor severely overestimated the number of new jobs created over the past year — after the agency made its largest downward revision to US payroll figures since 2009.

The revised figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), released last week, suggested that there were actually 818,000 fewer jobs during the 12 months ending in March than initially reported — an indication that the economy may be less robust than the White House is saying.

That means that the actual job growth during that period was likely around 30% less than first thought.

While the BLS often revises its job estimates long after the initial numbers make the headlines, the lawmakers said the eye-bulging adjustment was unusually large.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: adjustments; answers; bls; economics; economy; employment; gop; grim; jobs; labor; revision; revisions; senators; unemployment
Because the LIE DUH. Go write your stern letter.
1 posted on 08/27/2024 9:28:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh, definitely going to see another of those blistering letters.


2 posted on 08/27/2024 9:31:11 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Betrayal of trust”

Oh, that ship sailed long ago.


3 posted on 08/27/2024 9:34:42 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I think women should get out of women's sports before they get hurt.)
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To: brownsfan

They could go for a six month long investigation.

Lol.


4 posted on 08/27/2024 9:34:51 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The turd rollers in the far left, liberal “media” are lyin’ their asses off with every piece of garbage they release. Their FART CHECKERS are more concerned that President Trump “flashed a smile” at Arlington. The jugheads that have positions in the RAT “media” sure are some weird SOBs.


5 posted on 08/27/2024 9:37:06 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Remember! A vote for the Voo Doo Hoo Doo and Timmy is a vote for another four years of Kenyan BS.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Isn’t it strange the every time the government miscounts something like this it is always in their favor?


6 posted on 08/27/2024 9:44:58 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: ChicagoConservative27
eye-bulging adjustment...

Was it ever!


7 posted on 08/27/2024 9:52:02 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Republicans talking about ‘betrayal of trust’ is rich. Just sayin’.


8 posted on 08/27/2024 9:58:21 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“”wants to know how””

Cut to the chase - easy - THEY LIED! Save the time and US taxpayer’s money!!


9 posted on 08/27/2024 10:03:07 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: antidemoncrat

“Isn’t it strange the every time the government miscounts something like this it is always in their favor?”

************

They bloated up the numbers to make them look good.

Now they will use the downward adjustment as a new floor so that any job increases will look bigger.

Its all a game to them. Just another snow job on the American people who never demand accountability.


10 posted on 08/27/2024 10:04:20 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That number game is what they are going to do at the ballot box too.


11 posted on 08/27/2024 10:04:38 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Joe’s gone, man. Let it all out.”


12 posted on 08/27/2024 10:04:38 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Republican senators wants to know how President Biden’s Department of Labor severely overestimated the number of new jobs created over the past year”

Be still my beating heart.

Are they going to start defunding these corrupt agencies?


13 posted on 08/27/2024 10:17:32 AM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t see how they could be off that much unless it was intentional.
The Sec. Labor seems like another DEI hire.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/osec


14 posted on 08/27/2024 10:24:23 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A good friend and I were talking about this the other day. They outright flatout lied. And if this is the number they admitted to can you imagine the real number?


15 posted on 08/27/2024 10:29:25 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It was a rounding error…. It was the solar powered calculator…. It was conversion from Metric to English… It was a software glitch….

No, somehow it will be Trump’s fault.


16 posted on 08/27/2024 10:32:33 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“MAY” NOT BE SO ROBUST???

IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT HAS $818,000 DOLLARS more than it should have....

ROBUST isn’t the correct word, IMO.


17 posted on 08/27/2024 11:15:37 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Giving numbers to a democrat is like giving a unicycle to a seal.


18 posted on 08/27/2024 11:23:00 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Made In The USA
It was a rounding error…. It was the solar powered calculator…. It was conversion from Metric to English… It was a software glitch….


19 posted on 08/27/2024 12:21:25 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why”? Because it is the Bureau of Lying Statistics. They try to live up to their name.


20 posted on 08/27/2024 1:55:40 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
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