Trump believes unemployment # are fake bec. if you're not actively looking for work, you're "considered employed."pic.twitter.com/NqT2OkACUW
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Trump believes unemployment # are fake bec. if you're not actively looking for work, you're "considered employed."pic.twitter.com/NqT2OkACUW
As usual, Trump's talking about a real issue -- unemployment rate doesn't capture all the unemployed -- in a totally confused and false way.
If you're not actively looking for work, you're not considered part of the labor force for the purposes of measuring the unemployment rate.
But you are not considered "employed." Trump's just making that up. I don't doubt that he believes it, but, again, his cluelessness is scary
I think he's playing fast and loose with terminology here, but he's not actively misleading. (He does that elsewhere.)
I'm not saying he's actively misleading -- as I said, I'm sure he believes what he's saying. But he is being misleading.
(btw, don't know why I'm picking a fight here. I don't really care. P.S. read your book 10 years ago and loved it.)
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