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Farmer-Rick

(10,153 posts)
13. That 4% unemployment is BS
Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:00 AM
Apr 2018

There was 4% unemployment as W took over from Clinton and jobs were everywhere. If you got an interview you were almost guaranteed a job offer. And the pay was better, especially middle management.

But today, so many people have given up looking for a job that 95,500 million people are not attached to the economy and our employment numbers include part time workers.

Trump lies about everything and encourages his executive offices to lie. But we are supposed to believe that the BLS has not been corrupted and their numbers are accurate. Even under W, we were in an official recession a year before they admitted it.

Good morning BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #1
Good morning to you too. I just got here at 8:30, so I made it right on time. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #2
Kudos! BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #6
Today is peak bloom at Tidal Basin. I forgot to look out the window at them from the Yellow Line. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #8
Enjoy the show before the snow! BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #12
My Japanese Cherry Trees have past ther peak bloom Farmer-Rick Apr 2018 #22
You could always look forward to other fruit blooms! BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #24
So true, like pears and now the red buds are out. Spring is beautiful. Farmer-Rick Apr 2018 #26
+1 BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #27
Right wingers are calling it "soft". That's a freaking joke. What realists are finally doing... George II Apr 2018 #3
We are supposed to be having 4% or higher roaring "growth" BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #4
Month by month is notoriously variable, so check the long term trend. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #5
Job growth has slowed under Trump Johnny2X2X Apr 2018 #7
That's lower than expected Upstate One Apr 2018 #9
Links to earlier reports mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #10
Additional links: mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #11
That 4% unemployment is BS Farmer-Rick Apr 2018 #13
Complaint Department mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #15
Then they will hunt me down Farmer-Rick Apr 2018 #16
And put a copy of Excel 2016 in your tea? mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #17
Shhh, don't tell them.... Farmer-Rick Apr 2018 #18
Lot's of great anecdotal stuff progree Apr 2018 #28
The mind-numbing rant, based on a version posted on the first Friday in September 2016: mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #14
Oh my, my brain hurts Farmer-Rick Apr 2018 #19
Yeah, that's the massive diatribe that tries to cover every question people might have about mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #20
Great thread with awesome info, Mahatmakajeeves! UpInArms Apr 2018 #21
You are welcome. The pleasure is all mine. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #23
Thoughts & prayers CountAllVotes Apr 2018 #25
Let's see, 53,000 more jobs than were in last month's report (the one that came out in early Mar.) progree Apr 2018 #29
Pathetic at best. Where's the HUggggggeeeee growth from those massive Corporate tax cuts? Bengus81 Apr 2018 #30
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