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at140

(6,110 posts)
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 06:25 PM Nov 2019

Trump math: Here's how the president arrived at a '303,000' jobs number when the government reported

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-math-heres-how-the-president-arrived-at-a-303000-jobs-number-when-the-government-reported-128000-new-jobs-2019-11-01?mod=home-page

Larry Kudlow, the head of the National Economic Council, explained Trump's math during an interview on Fox Business Network.

To the 128,000 figure, Kudlow added: 95,000 from prior-month revisions; 60,000 to adjust for striking General Motors GM, +2.18% workers; and 20,000 Census workers who left their jobs.


Economy is built on record budget deficits by Trump. (excess spending over tax revenues collected)
How long can you stretch the rubber band?

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Trump math: Here's how the president arrived at a '303,000' jobs number when the government reported (Original Post) at140 Nov 2019 OP
New math. nt doc03 Nov 2019 #1
Where else does he pull these so called facts? Out of his large a&&, like everything else...nt SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #2
Magic math Mystery sage Nov 2019 #3
In other words , he fabricated the number (though actually someone else, probably Kudlow, KPN Nov 2019 #4
"and 20,000 Census workers who left their jobs" - in that case, all temporary census workers should Doodley Nov 2019 #5
How do they count census workers as jobs added ??*%? at140 Nov 2019 #8
Exactly. The faulty math says these aren't real job losses as they were temporary workers, Doodley Nov 2019 #9
It is actually... Newest Reality Nov 2019 #6
its easy MFM008 Nov 2019 #7
303,000 trips to the golden toilet Blue Owl Nov 2019 #10

KPN

(15,642 posts)
4. In other words , he fabricated the number (though actually someone else, probably Kudlow,
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 06:34 PM
Nov 2019

did the fabrication and then gave it to tRump and ... voila).

Doodley

(9,078 posts)
5. "and 20,000 Census workers who left their jobs" - in that case, all temporary census workers should
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 06:35 PM
Nov 2019

also be deducted from the months they started.

at140

(6,110 posts)
8. How do they count census workers as jobs added ??*%?
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 06:50 PM
Nov 2019

Those 20,000 workers are now looking for other jobs, aren't they?

Doodley

(9,078 posts)
9. Exactly. The faulty math says these aren't real job losses as they were temporary workers,
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 06:59 PM
Nov 2019

but it doesn't say these temporary jobs aren't real jobs when they are first created. The half-a-million plus census army should be deducted from previous months.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
6. It is actually...
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 06:42 PM
Nov 2019

It is actually 1-million+ jobs when you factor in the additional employment fro the Gaetz Unicorn Bridge Workers Union, the Under Trump Streetwise Battalions and The Can & Bottle MAGAt Recycling Troops. There were huge gains in all three that were not reported by the fake noose.

That does not even include the thousands of Steel Rust Scrapers of America who are benefiting from the tariffs and making rust great again.

So, BIGLY!

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