Lies, damned lies, and statistics
Date: February 4th 2012
Lies, damned lies, and statistics
[25th J.P.'s Moment of Common Sense on Broad View, KBZZ 1270 AM Reno.]Yesterday, unemployment stats were released by the Labor Department. According to them, the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3% last month. If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.
The government, and by that I mean the Obama Administration, is lying to us, and the amazing part is the sheer brass-balls audaciousness of that lie. They can’t hide the actual numbers behind the calculation so they know that people comfortable with numbers – people like me – will examine them and scope out the truth. But they don’t care: they have a president to get re-elected, that’s the main priority, and they assume most people are too lazy or too gullible to check those numbers.
It’s an evil trick to play...
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