[alloysteel]

More fake numbers, which shall be “revised” in a month or so.

Meanwhile, the pool of able-bodied adults continues to grow, and the total now on food stamps reaches higher and higher levels monthly. Does NOBODY ever come off the government EBT cards?

[ThunderSleeps]

So if the unemployment rate is dropping so nicely... How come we have record numbers of people on food stamps? How come the labor force participation rate is near an all-time low? Seems there is a contradiction there. Maybe those other metrics are simply harder to fudge and manipulate.

Also, if you add up all the claims of "jobs added" (or lost) over bammy's reign of terror...and look at the census bureau's estimates on population growth...even at the current low labor force participation rate the economy has not kept up. Sure, the economy has experienced some net growth from '08. (in jobs) but no where near enough to keep pace with population growth. By definition the unemployment rate has to be higher - we've added more people than jobs. bammy's administration's numbers just do not add up. They are lies.

[Right Brother]

I love this:

The official unemployment rate ticked up to 5.5 percent, as more Americans returned to the labor force and returned to actively looking for work

So, more people returned to the labor force as unemployment rose? The song "Oh Susanna" has fewer contradictions than employment reporting.

[ConstantSkeptic]

Meanwhile, the pool of able-bodied adults continues to grow, and the total now on food stamps reaches higher and higher levels monthly. Does NOBODY ever come off the government EBT cards?

The number of people participating in food stamps has been steadily declining for two years. At its high point, in December 2012, 47,792K people were participating. As of March 2015, the latest month for which the Department of Agriculture has data, the number of people participating was 45,642K, a decline of 4.5%