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trump LIE... "94 million americans are out of the labor force" (Original Post) spanone Mar 2017 OP
There is a heck of a commercial in that exboyfil Mar 2017 #1
He's been telling that whopper since the campaign mcar Mar 2017 #2
If you have even the most basic math skills you know this can't be an accurate unemployment rate Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #3
Well, since you're quoting exactly what he said... hughee99 Mar 2017 #4
Good example of a Trump Lie...nt Stuart G Mar 2017 #5
I figure it's code-speak MyshkinCommaPrince Mar 2017 #6
I thought that number sounded large. logosoco Mar 2017 #7
He simply doesn't care about the truth, you, me, any citizen of the US Johonny Mar 2017 #8
There is now an alt_BLS #AltGovt Twitter feed mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #9
And he couldn't care less about those 12 million either. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2017 #10

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
1. There is a heck of a commercial in that
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 11:19 AM
Mar 2017

Showing these groups, including stay at home spouses, explaining there situation:

TRUMP'S AMERICA
Where everyone including the elderly and disabled are forced into labor to survive. Even those who have contributed to the S.S. system for fifty years.

Phoenix61

(17,019 posts)
3. If you have even the most basic math skills you know this can't be an accurate unemployment rate
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 11:52 AM
Mar 2017

There are 318.9 million people in the US. So a third of the US is unemployed? There were a quarter unemployed in the Great Depression. Seen any soup lines lately?

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
4. Well, since you're quoting exactly what he said...
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 12:19 PM
Mar 2017

retirees, students, disabled, and caretakers are all out of the labor force, are they not?

MyshkinCommaPrince

(611 posts)
6. I figure it's code-speak
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 06:56 PM
Mar 2017

Get rid of programs and regulations such that children, the disabled, and retirees are all forced into the job market. All the added competition for jobs would put a downward pressure on wages. Severely lowered wages would be necessary to bring those manufacturing jobs back to the US. Something like that.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
7. I thought that number sounded large.
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 07:19 PM
Mar 2017

I do not have a paying job. I am helping my daughter and son in law by taking care of my grandsons while their parents work. Best job I ever had really! Even if I was not doing that I would be hard pressed to get a job bc of chronic pain (due to work I hAve done in the past!).

So don't count me in there to inflate your numbers, Mr. rump!

Johonny

(20,895 posts)
8. He simply doesn't care about the truth, you, me, any citizen of the US
Wed Mar 1, 2017, 07:20 PM
Mar 2017

he doesn't care. Will never care. He became president and that's all he wanted. Now he's letting his underlings burn Rome while he fiddles. So long as the media talks about him constantly he's happy. Or mad because he doesn't seem to do happy just various forms of anger.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,647 posts)
9. There is now an alt_BLS #AltGovt Twitter feed
Fri Mar 3, 2017, 05:17 PM
Mar 2017
@alt_bls

.@realDonaldTrump, we're the statisticians and economists... you're a real estate developer. Stick to golf. #Resistance #Resist



Declaring that 94M Americans are out of workforce is an incredibly misleading claim. Figure includes seniors, teens




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