Does anyone really believe that..

[butterfly77]

the unemployment rate is 5.5%

[Ian David]

1. If that were true, it wouldn't take so long to download porn during the afternoon. n/t

[skooooo]

2. LOL

:rofl:

[nomorenomore08]

3. If you took into account those who are "underemployed" (working jobs beneath their skill level),

I'm sure you'd get a much larger number. Hell, I'm a recent (last year) college graduate who's been applying to work at places like Trader Joe's and Barnes & Noble.

[Tunkamerica]

7. i worked for B&N for 3 yrs off and on after college

have several friends still working there.

[butterfly77]

8. Plus, the unemployed who aren't counted..

[Donnachaidh]

4. HELL no! The Repukes and their talking heads have fudged figures so long

Up is down and down is up.

[butterfly77]

9. Also the fact that...

Mitch McConnells wife is suppose to be running the Department of Labor, but in reality he is running it...and we know what a crook he is.

[Ian David]

5. How many "new home sales" are people buying survivalist shelters? n/t

[Hydra]

6. Nope

But dig on the statistics gathering- they use a sample size of 60,000 to simulate a workforce of over 120,000,000

120,000,000
----------- = 2,000 = .05%
60,000

Not a great sample size...and they STILL have to fudge the numbers!

[treestar]

10. Around here, it could be

The unemployed people I know of are one relative who quit and one who lost a job due to semi-incompetence.

I don't hear people panicking about it.

[otherlander]

11. "We've erased your name from the central computer

so we can rig the facts and sweep you under the rug. See our charts? Unemployment's going down. If that ruins your life, that's your problem!"