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uponit7771

(90,323 posts)
1. K&R, ... and that's with the BLS leaving out 5% for furloughed workers. Yeah, his commercial says
Fri May 8, 2020, 09:45 AM
May 2020

... this very thing.

Trump is predictable.

mercuryblues

(14,526 posts)
4. I knew the numbers were rigged in his favor
Fri May 8, 2020, 09:51 AM
May 2020

This is why he wants everyone to re-open and get back to work. A dead worker isn't an unemployed worker.

Claustrum

(4,845 posts)
5. And the people that quit because of unsafe conditions wouldn't be on unemployment either
Fri May 8, 2020, 10:12 AM
May 2020

They will show up on the labor participation numbers but that is much less talked about than the unemployment number.

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