So, like the Global Warming scam, B(l)S doesn't cook the books; but "adjusts" the numbers by a secret amount; using a secret formula; and in such a way that 'recovery' is favored (and at the other end, drops are 'smoothed' & hidden), using cherry picked picked data + "secret sauce".
Got it: Rush is wrong, even though he's really right.
The methods have been in place for a long while. The discouraged worker was added in the early 90’s and accounts for most of the disparity between the reported unemployment rate and the actual rate.
The actual rated is published btw but its not the most reported and much lower headline rate.
Whether the data inputted is accurate is another question but the formulas have been around.