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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: ChinuSFO who started this subject3/12/2004 1:27:15 AM
From: CalculatedRisk of 81568
 
Unemployment rate = 7.4% (if people hadn't quit looking!)

"As the Economic Policy Institute points out, if they hadn't dropped out, the official unemployment rate would be an eye-popping 7.4 percent, not a politically spinnable 5.6 percent.

As the Economic Policy Institute points out, if they hadn't dropped out, the official unemployment rate would be an eye-popping 7.4 percent, not a politically spinnable 5.6 percent.

In short, things aren't as bad as they seem; they're worse. But should we blame the Bush administration? Yes — because it refuses to learn from experience."

from: nytimes.com
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