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WSHazel

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20. Are you being deliberately obtuse?
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 11:14 AM
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Where in that does it say the BLS goes 2 YEARS back in time to downwardly revise very old jobs numbers by 800,000? Because that is what happened this morning. Coincidentally, this has the effect of moving those 800,000 jobs out of Biden's tally and onto Trump's, over a year after any downward revision should have been made.

I started my career as an auditor, so I have experience in catching the numbers shell game. The first hour of the first day of training when I was 22, the instructor told me something that has always stuck with me. "There is no materiality for fraud". When you catch someone lying about numbers once, it is a certainty that they have lied before and will lie again.

Double revising very old numbers to make the new numbers look better is a sign that the BLS is not even trying that hard to hide what it is doing. The numbers look like bulls*** and the guy producing them is a known liar. What else do we need to know? No amount of jargon you throw at me or links about what is supposed to be happening with the numbers are going to make Trump's jobs numbers look more accurate.

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Yet the billionaires Trump sycophants keep artificially inflating the Stock Market. Chasstev365 Wednesday #1
What you're seeing is a total divorce for working people and economic indicators Johnny2X2X Wednesday #3
It's not billionaires doing that, it is us WSHazel Wednesday #4
If you believe this report, UpInArms Wednesday #2
Does this count all the jobs lost? nt leftyladyfrommo Wednesday #5
We need to add 140,000 jobs per month to keep up with population growth Johnny2X2X Wednesday #6
There is no statistical justification for pulling 800,000 jobs out of 2024 WSHazel Wednesday #7
You have no clue what you're talking about Wiz Imp Wednesday #12
Slow your roll WSHazel Wednesday #15
There was a change in how small businesses are calculated EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #16
I get that for the most part WSHazel Wednesday #18
Last time I respond to you but to repeat, you have no clue how the Benchmark revision process works. Wiz Imp Wednesday #21
I understand what the words say WSHazel Wednesday #23
Extremely weak & misleading explanation. Wiz Imp Wednesday #19
Not necessarily. EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #28
Wow! Dunning Kruger in action! Wiz Imp Wednesday #17
Are you being deliberately obtuse? WSHazel Wednesday #20
Right here: Wiz Imp Wednesday #22
Just so we are aware of your position WSHazel Wednesday #25
🙄 Wiz Imp Wednesday #26
One final thing. Wiz Imp Wednesday #27
Not a hard concept WSHazel Wednesday #31
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That's not a good number Johnny2X2X Wednesday #9
How has unemployment not gone higher? Johonny Wednesday #10
It's risen some, like a half point Johnny2X2X Wednesday #11
Media making it sound like these job numbers Johonny Wednesday #13
These numbers are a total disaster Johnny2X2X Wednesday #14
Because many people, myself included, just stop looking TexasBushwhacker Wednesday #24
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I'm old enough to remember Johnny2X2X Wednesday #30
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