Payroll employment rises 115,000 in April; unemployment rate changes little (8.1%)

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12. Another unsupported interpretation

You know they ask people if they want a job. People that never had a job or never looked for a job or stopped looking for a job or are completely unavailable to work at a job are all included in the figures I quoted. The only people that are not included are the people that said they don't want to work. And now you're telling me that they really DO want to work they're just lying. Could you tell me which BLS table I can look up the "Really do want work even though they say they don't (trust us)" category?

When the spin has lost all basis in fact it's time to stop spinning. You're not promulgating an alternate interpretation, you're straight-up inventing a new reality. This month's numbers were good and undesirable joblessness is decreasing.

And yes, as I've said before, I consider a lower employment population ratio a SUCCESS as long as it comes from people with the means to not work deciding they want to live their lives without the soul-crushing drudgery of a job.