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SoCalDem

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19. I've always bristled at these reports

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2019, 11:13 AM

May 2019

a job at Walmart is a job, but not as valuable as a well-paid tech job at google.. To be a fair report, it needs nuance.. Unemployment benefits only last for a while and then it ends..not necessarily because people got jobs..they just lost their benefits.They are still unemployed, they just stop being counted.

Boomers are retiring at a huge rate and they are not "unemployed" ..

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When do good job numbers, become too good to be true? [View all] Thomas Hurt May 2019 OP

Excellent point, now that we're living under a dictator. dalton99a May 2019 #1

When everyone reading the report is checking the Chin music May 2019 #2

welllllll, unblock May 2019 #3

It's sort of a Chin music May 2019 #5

yeah, you kinda have to be a bit of an economist to really understand the numbers. unblock May 2019 #10

+1 Chin music May 2019 #13

I wrote my post before seeing your excellent response! StarfishSaver May 2019 #18

here is dean baker noting an irregularity: Kurt V. May 2019 #4

I'm sure the numbers are accurate, but miss a key point Poiuyt May 2019 #6

When the reported numbers are inconsistent with the rest of reality FBaggins May 2019 #7

Too hard to fake numbers Loki Liesmith May 2019 #8

There are other statistics gathered by both the government and private sector. marylandblue May 2019 #9

Jobs Cairycat May 2019 #11

When do good job numbers, become too good to be true? House of Roberts May 2019 #12

Well, the GOP and RW talking heads claimed the same under Clinton and Obama so much that KPN May 2019 #14

were the job numbers fake NewJeffCT May 2019 #15

Rules have changed in some states Mrs. Ted Nancy May 2019 #16

Good clarification on jobless numbers. Also, inflation numbers are misleading too, being that... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #21

He consistently accused the Obama administration of cooking the books StarfishSaver May 2019 #17

I've always bristled at these reports SoCalDem May 2019 #19

kind of like how you can tell... stillcool May 2019 #20

Hard to tell. moondust May 2019 #22

I remain skeptical. Polly Hennessey May 2019 #23