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7. My own father in law tells me they aren't "counting the real job numbers".

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 8, 2022, 08:10 PM

Sep 2022

It's the tired trope that the job numbers aren't good news because Dems fudge the figures.

I've asked for proof - to show me different counting methods, but there's never an answer.

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