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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (37364)2/7/2004 12:13:47 PM
From: lurqer  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 89467
 
Jobless rate????

Don't you mean outstanding Unemployment Claims? You know the claims that our benevolent congress saw fit to not extend, so that many unemployed wouldn't show in the statistics.

JMO

lurqer



To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (37364)2/7/2004 12:29:41 PM
From: portage  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
Real jobless rate: closer to 10.9%.

People know it at a gut level. Another reason the bush is in deep doo.

bls.gov

Lies and the lying liars that tell them (or, how to adjust statistics on the sly before an election):

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