After hearing the same complaints for the last 40 years or so, and there being no finding of manipulation of these statistics in all that time, and, in fact, not even any momentum for an investigation by those in the know, I have to suspect that those figures are probably not being manipulated. Why must we always claim that statistics we don’t like are being manipulated? Will we say the same when a Republican is in office? Let’s not be two faced like the Dems.
The fact is, these statistics do not show the greatness of Obama, or even a minimal competence on his part. What they show is that the greatest economic engine in the world, powered by free enterprise, can overcome the incompetence of even the dumbest politician. It can be slowed, and it was, but it has come through once again.
I highly suspect these numbers, for the last 3 or 4 years, at least. I’m skeptical of the Department of Labor, controlled by the Dem administration, and even when it’s controlled by Republican administrations, the entrenched bureaucrats are mainly Dems..............Nobody will investigate or critique their methods, as long as the numbers satisfy them. But when I present data to my engineer, it is gone over and over and over again to ensure that it is correct...................