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mobeau69

(12,273 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 03:17 PM Jan 2017

Donald Trump's colossal error on jobs during his press conference [View all]

Source: CNBC

Trump said that there "are 96 million wanting a job and they can't get (one). You know that story. The real number. That's the real number."

It is unfortunately very far from the real number. There are in fact 96 million Americans age 16 and older who are not in the labor force. Of this, just 5.4 million, or 91 million fewer than the number cited by Trump, say they want a job. The rest are retired, sick, disabled, running their households or going to school. (This number is 256,000 fewer than last year and 1.7 million fewer than the all-time high for the series in 2013.)




Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/11/donald-trumps-colossal-error-on-jobs-during-his-presser.html



This piss ant's lies are hard to keep up with. Come on God, do something about this. We're waiting.
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Even some RW fkrs like CNBC will hopefully start calling out the lies......n/t HAB911 Jan 2017 #1
It's not an error its a deliberate fucking lie Generator Jan 2017 #2
Yep Pacifist Patriot Jan 2017 #6
Hey big sky guy! machoneman Jan 2017 #24
Well, let's use it against him when he can't make a dent in the 96 million jobs he says are needed. Thor_MN Jan 2017 #13
Yes . His kompromat manufacturers know it'll work too. Hortensis Jan 2017 #15
Trump Supporters say.... Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #3
then Kellyanne Conway will chime in with... They_Live Jan 2017 #4
No no, They_Live, those numbers came from his heart, see? And apparently, Leghorn21 Jan 2017 #7
I'd estimate there's probably something like 10M Americans who want a job anarch Jan 2017 #5
K & R SunSeeker Jan 2017 #8
His and the other right-wingers' lies are reason so many of his supporters are delusional wishstar Jan 2017 #9
Their bald face lies about Obamacare make me sick. mobeau69 Jan 2017 #10
Yeah. This again. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #11
Excellent resources. Unfortunately Trump and his cronies Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #23
They are going to need to create a FACT CHECK ticker BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #12
We'll have to reopen all the closed coal-burning plants, as mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #14
Plus add some new nuke plants too BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #17
And that's how we'll bring back those coal mining jobs. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #18
Method to the madness and a means to an end... BumRushDaShow Jan 2017 #20
running down all of Trump's lies is going to be exhausting RussBLib Jan 2017 #16
On the contrary. It might be the fastest growing mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #19
He used this meme many times during the campaign and every time has been swarmed on by progree Jan 2017 #21
It stops being the right number on Jan 20. onenote Jan 2017 #22
The labor participation rate always needs to be taken in context TexasBushwhacker Jan 2017 #25
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