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  • dibec0

    Obama cooking the books ...

    Added 190K jobs in July, UE stayed above 8.1%
    Added 150K jobs in August, UE stayed above 8.1%
    Added 114K jobs in September, UE rate plummets to 7.8%

    • Or BLS revised their numbers, but dismissal theories to justify frustration is an option too.hellobotto
    • Kind of like liberals who came up with a host of theories to vilify anything GWB-related.hellobotto
    • Cooking the books? How would Obama be able to change UE numbers?ukit2
    • probably a coincidence ... right?dibec
    • Pad July, Pad August, and let September be.dibec
    • He doesn't control what the numbers are...it's an independent agencyukit2
    • Chicago politics at their finest my friend.dibec
    • If the WH had absolute control of BLS, they would strong-armed them to...hellobotto
    • ...make the data BLS was sitting on official sooner, rather than now.hellobotto
    • The WH masterminded this BLS report = the GOP directs hurricanes at poor peoplehellobotto
    • +1dibec
    • umm... to use Barry's words, "Simple math really", duh! lolwhhipp
    • * facepalm
      Jobs added means nothing until jobs lost is subtracted. Do THAT math first.
      ETM
    • More jobs added in summer, but more jobs also lost.ETM
    • Less jobs added in Sept, but less lost as well. 14,000, mostly manufacturing, if I recall.ETM

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