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Re: The chart Obama doesn't want anyone to see



Isn't that what I said when I said "I'm not criticizing, they had to
put them somewhere"?

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Wayne McAlpine
<wmcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And that's how the Household Survey is benchmarked every ten years.
Nothing wrong with that at all.



On 2/10/2012 10:59 AM, rick baird wrote:
last week, when the rate dropped to 8.something and everyone hailed
the new numbers, what wasn't widely reported is that they dumped
several million extra souls found from the 2010 census into the
'discouraged and not looking anymore' pile.

I'm not criticizing - they had to put them somewhere.  But it sure
puts a damper on the good news, doesn't it?

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Wayne McAlpine
<wmcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
The point is that no one is juggling the books.  Obama didn't change the
methodology.  Take off your tin-foil hat, Bill.

On 2/10/2012 9:45 AM, rick baird wrote:
I wasn't aware of any changes 5 years ago.  the biggest change came in 1994.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment#United_States_Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Wayne McAlpine<wmcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>    wrote:
Then there should be a law associated with it.  Link?  I didn't think so.

On 2/10/2012 6:19 AM, rick baird wrote:
When democrats took over congress?

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Wayne McAlpine<wmcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>      wrote:
Hmm, five years.  When would that have started, genius.

On 2/9/2012 7:41 PM, Bill wrote:
Anyone else remember that they started including part time jobs in the count
of the employed sometime in the past 5 years or so?   That would make that
percentage much higher

-----Original Message-----
From: cpf0000-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpf0000-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 11:46 AM
To: 'Open discussion among iSeries Users'
Subject: [CPF0000] The chart Obama doesn't want anyone to see

http://blog.american.com/2011/12/the-unemployment-chart-the-obama-
white-hous
e-doesnt-want-you-to-see/

http://tinyurl.com/7jtxrrr

Does anybody still actually think he's top tier? Besides Rachel Maddow and
the Rachel look-alikes?

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