[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.

[Vanders9]

So if the unemployment rate is dropping so nicely... How come we have record numbers of people on food stamps?

I would hazard a guess it's because a lot of the new jobs being created are part-time ones, or at least limited hours, or full time but with very low pay. So people are theoretically employed, but unable to survive on what they earn.

[Shady]

EVERYTHING is a LIE. And I am sick of the saps who accept this crud as the truth.