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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow many Republican-led states followed Trump's request to not report unemployment numbers?
Ohio said they would follow Trump's order and not report their unemployment numbers. Did they comply with that and not report their state unemployment? How about other red states - Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona, etc?
Is the 3.3 million filing unemployment really only half the actual number?
(Not counting now underemployed hourly workers who have had full time jobs reduced to 30 or 20 hours or similar)
malaise
(267,842 posts)so WTF did they tell governors to hide them?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mnuchin-says-jobless-claims-data-is-not-relevant-as-senate-coronavirus-stimulus-changes-the-calculus-of-business-owners-2020-03-26
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)and, a real number of 4.5 or 5.5 or 6.6 million would be devastating
malaise
(267,842 posts)They are sick
mathematic
(1,430 posts)This directly contradicts the premise of your speculation. If you have any actual evidence to support your speculation, I'm all ears.
Here's the first thing that popped up in google
https://www.10tv.com/article/ohio-unemployment-claims-jump-more-180000-2020-mar
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)and Ohio said they would follow that request from Trump. Part of my OP was 'did they comply with that request?'
Here is the Columbus Dispatch from 2 days ago:
https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200324/ohio-stops-daily-reporting-of-new-unemployment-claims-at-request-of-trump-administration
mathematic
(1,430 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)The key question is how accurate are their numbers