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subterranean

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14. The 1.4 million figure includes non-business bankruptcies.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:28 AM

Sep 2012

Both business and non-business bankruptcy filings were down from the previous year, but I guess Ryan forgot to mention that.

Source:
http://www.uscourts.gov/News/NewsView/11-11-07/Bankruptcy_Filings_Down_in_Fiscal_Year_2011.aspx

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The fact checkers are hard at work [View all] Playinghardball Sep 2012 OP

Slight discrepancy, there. GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #1

"Yeah? Well I was close." lpbk2713 Sep 2012 #2

what's a couple orders of magnitude among friends? central scrutinizer Sep 2012 #8

Speaking Of Scale Of Magnitude DallasNE Sep 2012 #20

Yeah? I knew it was a number rock Sep 2012 #27

Whatever you say, Pinocchio. calimary Sep 2012 #3

Pinochio ToxMarz Sep 2012 #15

Welcome to DU, ToxMarz! calimary Sep 2012 #24

How are they not the least bit embarrassed by their constant lies Marie Marie Sep 2012 #4

And yet the MSM treats him as a Serious Person with deep economic knowledge. gkhouston Sep 2012 #5

So he was off by 1.35 million. So what? Did you see those Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2012 #6

He was only off by 1.352 million jobs. You people are too picky. n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #7

Oh come on you guys!! Give him a break - It's an easy mistake! jillan Sep 2012 #9

You people are just not thinking deep enough. Mr. Ryan was thinking in Base 24. BlueJazz Sep 2012 #10

Tell you what Ryan,...I'll round it up for ya... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #11

A couple of things I would like to see shawn703 Sep 2012 #12

+1 nt laundry_queen Sep 2012 #34

Nearly 1.4 million consumers filed for personal bankruptcy progree Sep 2012 #13

thanks for the link Enrique Sep 2012 #28

The 1.4 million figure includes non-business bankruptcies. subterranean Sep 2012 #14

Both numbers are heading down from 2009 bhikkhu Sep 2012 #18

96.5855% off isn't that bad... defacto7 Sep 2012 #16

He likes to round up. progressoid Sep 2012 #22

His brain works so fast, you have to apply a coefficient to the numbers he comes up with bhikkhu Sep 2012 #17

As Ellen Degeneres said Summer Hathaway Sep 2012 #19

Coupon Care Ryan needs some SERIOUS SoapBox Sep 2012 #21

That's not evwn a little.minor lie. smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #25

or Groupon? alterfurz Sep 2012 #35

And the reason for all these bankruptcies is ??? ......... King_Klonopin Sep 2012 #23

Pulling numbers out of his lying ass! liberal N proud Sep 2012 #26

Lyin' Ryan set to "OCCUPY CONFESSIONALS" (coming to a city near you... Astazia Sep 2012 #29

WaPo Plumline: Paul Ryan has had what I’ve long thought was an undeserved good reputation among many pampango Sep 2012 #30

i went to politifact rdking647 Sep 2012 #31

I sure hope his brother "gives him a good ribbing" for this one LondonReign2 Sep 2012 #32

W-E-L-L-.....Since corporations are people, my friend Sheepshank Sep 2012 #33

By his own admission we know Paul Ryan is super-fast... alterfurz Sep 2012 #36