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In reply to the discussion: Jobless claims drop to almost a four-year low [View all]Censor-Ready
(17 posts)51. Fact Check
The unemployment figures are fraudulent because we don't count everyone. Forget about baggertards and Randroids, to accept these new figures is foolish for a few reasons. The other is that to even keep pace with population growth (nevermind the bipartisan damage that's been done over the last 30 years), job growth would have to quadruple and hold at that pace for many months.
Obama has been expert at tossing history down the memory hole. Be wary of liberals who want to re-define unchecked economic implosion as the new normal. (see also Russia, 1989)
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