Reply #22: Have you know the bushes administration to report any statistics without fudging?

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What we do know is that discouraged workers (unemployed for over a year and have stopped looking because they can't find a job) are not counted and some high unemployment areas such as the inner city and rural poor are not included in the household survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So some people suggest that the true unemployment rate is around 12%.

I personally think the bushes are just plain changing the numbers in very deceptive ways so that the changes are not easily detected. My guess is that unemployment is closer to 15% and if they would include people who have to hold two jobs, it would be closer to 20%.

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