We are better off than we were 6 years ago!

Tsing Tao said:
Ok, before we debate the "how", let me ask you why Obama would want to manipulate a statistic that would only make him look worse.
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Because manipulating it caused the unemployment rate to fall behold the threshold rate of 8% before the election, which is what they wanted to show. The unemployment rate is the number they trumpet on the news.
 
fhl said:
Because manipulating it caused the unemployment rate to fall behold the threshold rate of 8% before the election, which is what they wanted to show. The unemployment rate is the number they trumpet on the news.
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But they could have just played with the birth/death adjustment to get the unemployment rate where they wanted it. Why mess with the LFPR which makes it so easy to see how bad the situation really is?

In other words, it's much easier to manipulate the data to get the results you're describing than to mess with something like the LFPR.
 
It is my understanding that they have been playing with the birth/death adjustment. It's been doing crazy things, too.
 
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"good job mr president"
 
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