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To: Sgt_Schultze

There’s a lot more than just those 25 million that are “invisible” in the 4.9% unemployment rate. The headliner “unemployment rate” that the media uses has been so tortured and manipulated that it really has no relevancy to the facts on the ground anymore. It makes for a great soundbite, and is very useful for portraying the state of the economy as rosy, due to its official-sounding nature. The problem is that people are starting to really grasp the disparity between what the mainstream media is saying and what is really happening, particularly with reference to their job.

I wish someone would dredge up Pelosi’s comment back during the Bush terms, where she points to a sub-5% unemployment rate and labels it the “worst economy”. If it was bad then, it’s just as bad now (actually worse, because the number now is even less accurate).


5 posted on 09/22/2016 11:13:08 AM PDT by Little Pig
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To: Little Pig
I wish someone would dredge up Pelosi’s comment back during the Bush terms, where she points to a sub-5% unemployment rate and labels it the “worst economy”.

All leftist liberals are liars and hypocrites. If you dredge up their lies, they ignore them. For instance, Obama saying Bush increasing the national debt during his terms in office being "criminal"; then Obama increases the national debt far beyond that to an amount greater than all the previous presidents combined. They don't care that they lie, it's in their nature to create false narratives and statistics.

10 posted on 09/22/2016 11:17:51 AM PDT by roadcat
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To: Little Pig

Pelosi etc.al. used to love to claim most of America was “one paycheck from the poorhouse”. Of course it was not true at the time but now it is true you certainly don’t hear them say so.


19 posted on 09/22/2016 11:44:34 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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