Unemployment rate poll - Page 3

JFrame · 10-06-2012, 07:57

Talking about the U6 unemployment rate (the "real unemployment rate") of 14.7 percent on FNC right now...

Also talking about how a high percentage of jobs gained are government jobs, which don't create revenue but drain more tax dollars...

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Rabid Rabbit · 10-06-2012, 07:58

Or maybe obama supporters are taking heed to Leno's advice and simply stop looking for work to do their part to decrease the unemployment rate.

Ruble Noon · 10-06-2012, 08:00

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Originally Posted by Rabid Rabbit

The day after the election the "revised" numbers will be released and the reate will be "unexpectedly" 8.3%

If Romney wins the number will be 14.7.

JFrame · 10-06-2012, 08:03

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Originally Posted by Rabid Rabbit

Or maybe obama supporters are taking heed to Leno's advice and simply stop looking for work to do their part to decrease the unemployment rate.

Or also Dennis Miller's suggestion that, as the pace of Obama's entitlement handouts continue, more and more people will just come to the conclusion, "Why should I hustle and bust my butt while everyone else is getting a free ride? I'm just going to get mine too."

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JFrame · 10-06-2012, 08:03

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Originally Posted by Ruble Noon

If Romney wins the number will be 14.7.

Yup...!

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ModGlock17 · 10-06-2012, 08:29

To get a sense of employment rate, look in the mirror, look at your neighbors and where their adult children live, look at people at church.

To get a sense of whether you're better off than yrs ago, look at your 401k, look at your property value, look at your bank account, and look at your credit scores.

Those are the grassroots methods, other than asking the cats how the mice are doing.

Brucev · 10-06-2012, 08:43

Re: OP. This close to the Nov. election... simply not possible to believe any numbers put out by anyone. It would be exactly the same if the incumbent was republican.

MZBKA · 10-06-2012, 08:59

If one understands what the BLS' data tell us, then he understands the the economy is improving at the slowest rate of any modern post-recession recovery. Very little in the latest BLS data should be a plus for Obama.

However, if one does not understand what the BLS data tell us, then he ignorantly believes that either
1. These data guarantee an Obama reelection, or
2. Obama personally oversees, checks, and alters the BLS's unemployment survey.

Ignorance begets conspiracy theories; this thread is a perfect example of that.

ModGlock17 · 10-06-2012, 09:40

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Originally Posted by MZBKA

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Ignorance begets conspiracy theories; this thread is a perfect example of that.

Nahh.

It just tells me people don't trust BHO. Simple.

And you're taking offense to that. Simple.

pipedreams · 10-06-2012, 10:33

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Originally Posted by MZBKA

However, if one does not understand what the BLS data tell us, then he ignorantly believes that either
1. These data guarantee an Obama reelection, or
2. Obama personally oversees, checks, and alters the BLS's unemployment survey.

Ignorance begets conspiracy theories; this thread is a perfect example of that.

I don't think anyone believes point one or two but it does show the public does not trust the government to provide accurate information. The poll does demonstrate that 57% (77669)of the (133802) people taking the poll don't trust the numbers.

rgregoryb · 10-06-2012, 11:27

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Originally Posted by MZBKA

If one understands what the BLS' data tell us, then he understands the the economy is improving at the slowest rate of any modern post-recession recovery. Very little in the latest BLS data should be a plus for Obama.

However, if one does not understand what the BLS data tell us, then he ignorantly believes that either
1. These data guarantee an Obama reelection, or
2. Obama personally oversees, checks, and alters the BLS's unemployment survey.

Ignorance begets conspiracy theories; this thread is a perfect example of that.

WOW, thank goodness you came and straightened all that out, I feel much better now

#2 No, but an Obama appointee does.

IvanVic · 10-06-2012, 12:16

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Originally Posted by ModGlock17

Nahh.

It just tells me people don't trust BHO. Simple.

And you're taking offense to that. Simple.

So we are to assume Obama was overseeing a massive conspiracy for the last 3.8 years to keep unemployment well over 8% when he promised the stimulus would prevent just that?

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MZBKA · 10-06-2012, 12:46

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Originally Posted by pipedreams

I don't think anyone believes point one or two but it does show the public does not trust the government to provide accurate information. The poll does demonstrate that 57% (77669)of the (133802) people taking the poll don't trust the numbers.

The poll is an unscientific internet poll. It does not tell us anything about whether Americans trust the BLS' numbers.

pipedreams · 10-06-2012, 13:43

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Originally Posted by MZBKA

The poll is an unscientific internet poll. It does not tell us anything about whether Americans trust the BLS' numbers.

Your correct it is a unscientific internet poll. So your saying those 133802 people are not entitled to their opinion?

***series1811*** · 10-06-2012, 13:49

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Originally Posted by MZBKA

Ignorance begets conspiracy theories; this thread is a perfect example of that.

Or a perfect example of liberals thinking that people who don't agree with them are ignorant.

We know you really believe that so we are getting used to it, even if it doesn't come across as powerfully as you might think as a debate tool.

IvanVic · 10-06-2012, 14:13

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Originally Posted by series1811

Or a perfect example of liberals thinking that people who don't agree with them are ignorant.

We know you really believe that so we are getting used to it, even if it doesn't come across as powerfully as you might think as a debate tool.

So Obama was overseeing a massive conspiracy for the last 3.8 years to keep unemployment well over 8% when he promised the stimulus would prevent just that?

Poking holes in these ridiculous theories is like arguing with 9/11 truthers.

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ModGlock17 · 10-06-2012, 16:50

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Originally Posted by IvanVic

So Obama was overseeing a massive conspiracy for the last 3.8 years to keep unemployment well over 8% when he promised the stimulus would prevent just that?

Poking holes in these ridiculous theories is like arguing with 9/11 truthers.

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I just think you're thinking too much. Make it simple.

You called it ridiculous, yet you plunge yourself into the midst of that discussion, making yourself in the close proximity of that which is ridiculous. Then how are people going to know whether you're intrincally ridiculous or not ?

If it smells like pou-pou, I'd keep a distance. When pou-pou hits the fan and you're close to it... wow.

IvanVic · 10-06-2012, 19:08

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Originally Posted by ModGlock17

I just think you're thinking too much. Make it simple.

You called it ridiculous, yet you plunge yourself into the midst of that discussion, making yourself in the close proximity of that which is ridiculous. Then how are people going to know whether you're intrincally ridiculous or not ?

If it smells like pou-pou, I'd keep a distance. When pou-pou hits the fan and you're close to it... wow.

So again, why would Obama oversee a massive conspiracy for the last 3.8 years to keep unemployment well over 8% when he promised the stimulus would prevent just that?

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MZBKA · 10-07-2012, 08:32

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Originally Posted by series1811

Or a perfect example of liberals thinking that people who don't agree with them are ignorant.

We know you really believe that so we are getting used to it, even if it doesn't come across as powerfully as you might think as a debate tool.

You're ignorant because you've demonstrated you don't know how to interpret unemployment numbers. Heck, when somebody tried to show you how to understand the numbers, you call him a liberal, which seems to be your response when anybody presents you with facts. Face it, you're happy with what you think and you don't let facts change your beliefs -the perfect example of a conspiracy theorist.

Also, why do you consistently refer to yourself in the first person plural? You keep saying 'we'. As the biggest conspiracy theorist on this forum, do you count yourself as more than one person? Do you have some sort of multiple personality disorder? Or are you so arrogant you think you speak for others on this forum?

MZBKA · 10-07-2012, 08:35

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Originally Posted by pipedreams

Your correct it is a unscientific internet poll. So your saying those 133802 people are not entitled to their opinion?

Of course people are entitled to their own opinions. All I said was an unscientific internet poll gives no information as to whether American s trust or do not trust unemployment data.

MZBKA · 10-07-2012, 08:37

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Originally Posted by IvanVic

So Obama was overseeing a massive conspiracy for the last 3.8 years to keep unemployment well over 8% when he promised the stimulus would prevent just that?

Poking holes in these ridiculous theories is like arguing with 9/11 truthers.

It also wouldn't make sense for Obama to have manipulated the numbers like he did-very little in the data is good news for him.

**aircarver** · 10-07-2012, 08:44

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Originally Posted by IvanVic

So again, why would Obama oversee a massive conspiracy for the last 3.8 years to keep unemployment well over 8% when he promised the stimulus would prevent just that?

It's called 'implementing communism'

The unintended consequense of that is that the producers go 'John Galt' and produce minimally, and don't hire.

It continues as long as communism lasts, so the sooner it, and he are given the boot, the sooner we recover.

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jlruiz32 · 10-07-2012, 08:49

Obama donors at the BLS.
http://freebeacon.com/meet-the-obama-donors-at-the-bls/

domin8ss · 10-07-2012, 09:20

It has probably already been talked about. If not, I'm going to say it again. Unemployment numbers are not actual. They only count people actively looking for work through government run unemployment offices. People like me who have never sought assistance are not counted. Additionally, the under employment rate is more than double the unemployment rate. In my last job I would have been considered under employed.

Btw, look at unemployment rates by state and look at political status by state. Is there a correlation between red and blue states with the numbers being higher or lower?

pipedreams · 10-07-2012, 10:21

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Originally Posted by jlruiz32

Obama donors at the BLS.
http://freebeacon.com/meet-the-obama-donors-at-the-bls/

"At least two economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) have contributed to President Barack Obama’s campaign. Harley Frazis of Bethesda, MD, has contributed at least $2,000 to Obama and $9,000 to the Democratic National Committee over the last three election cycles. "