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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
I'm pretty skeptical that the current unemployment numbers are so easily manipulated. When the govt or the major political parties usually want to mislead people about employment numbers, they generally change the formula for calculating employment - i.e., how active duty military, incarcerated people, longterm unemployed, part-time workers, etc., are counted.
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I've always been under the impression that the true unemployment rate is difficult to computer. People fall off of the unemployment payrolls for various reasons at different rates, and are still unemployed. For example, my wife was denied unemployment and was unemployed for two years and wasn't on anyone's books. How many people just run out of unemployment and just go on without it - still unemployed.