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2016 Postmortem

Marie Marie

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6. Agreed, BUT, the same thing was true with Bush's UE figures.

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:24 PM

Dec 2012

You just never heard the Republicans willing to add the unemployed who had dropped off the UE benefit roles and/or had simply given up looking to their UE statistics. They only count when a Democrat is in office.

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Something great happened today... [View all] Drunken Irishman Dec 2012 OP

But the tv station I watched immediately went into the "because people have left the Squinch Dec 2012 #1

542,000 Americans left the workforce in November. Had they continued to look for work (without coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #4

link? n/t NMDemDist2 Dec 2012 #5

While I do not endorse the sentiments of this writer, this link will coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #9

Agreed, BUT, the same thing was true with Bush's UE figures. Marie Marie Dec 2012 #6

I'd like to clear up a couple misconceptions: the unemployment 'rate' (UE) has coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #10

Two things, though: how many people leave the workforce in the average month, and Squinch Dec 2012 #16

10,000 Baby Boomers Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #20

Neither grim nor rosy. That's a dead-cat bounce = anemic coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #22

And my guess is that after winter breaks there will be a lot more construction jobs geckosfeet Dec 2012 #7

I hate to think of it that way but it has occured to me. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #8

Glad you made it through the storm. And I am sure that you folks geckosfeet Dec 2012 #11

Thanks. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #14

I happened to be in a restaurant lobby treestar Dec 2012 #12

+1 You're not in dire straits if you've 100% given up on finding employment. Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #18

ahhh... I had a similar experience today! Followed a link Voice for Peace Dec 2012 #2

I agree amuse bouche Dec 2012 #3

Since Nov 6th, I wake and don't check to see if 538.com has been updated .... Rowdyboy Dec 2012 #13

I'm With You DarthDem Dec 2012 #15

refreshing to climb the cliff without Mitt nagging us :) Sunlei Dec 2012 #17

If you find that you miss such pooh-poohing, after all, DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #19

But Donald Trump will be on soon Capt. Obvious Dec 2012 #21