I know we all sort of laugh about these reports, but there is something very unseemly, even sinister, in a Bureau of Labor Statistics that is so blatantly political.
Once upon a time, soon after AlGore invented the Internet, children in school were taught the only websites to be trusted had a “.gov” or “.edu” suffix. Now we know that, with a few exceptions (eg, NIH, CDC and others in the public health arena) we cannot trust a lot of “.gov” or “.edu” websites to provide impartial information.
I remember when the BLS was viewed as an apolitical, reliable source of information. Not any longer. The BLS has become a de facto propaganda arm of the Obama Campaign, something we here feared when the Obama White House tried to take control of the census last year.
previous week’s revised figure of 368,000
Along with “unexpectedly” comes the usual revised figure without any mention it is UP from the official figure dispensed last week which was unexpected at that time.
One news article, AP I believe, said this shows there is an indicator of a slow employment recovery. They are wrong, it is a further piece of evidence the press is so far up the backside of this president they may as well be his naval.
” know we all sort of laugh about these reports, but there is something very unseemly, even sinister, in a Bureau of Labor Statistics that is so blatantly political.”
The real issue IMO, is; over the past 3.5 years on average 1.8 million folks every month have applied for first time unemployment insurance compensation. This compared to the number jobs created per month, does not equal 8.3%.