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To: WilliamofCarmichael

“the GS employees of Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics answer to the White House.”

Gimme good numbers, or else.

~obozo


5 posted on 02/17/2012 3:23:29 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: dynachrome
As for the census and BLS adjustments: There was not a big increase in discouraged workers,"economist Betsey Stevenson commented on Twitter. 'What happened was Census found a bunch of old people we had assumed died.'" Read more: here

No one disappeared it's just that old fogies don't participate as much so BLS can ignore a portion of the new old geezers -- less participation smaller unemployment rate, liars figure.

10 posted on 02/17/2012 3:42:37 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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