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1StrongBlackMan

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5. Well ...
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 12:44 PM
Oct 2015
First on the calculation of the unemployment rate, he calmly remarked with seemingly disdain that this administration has cooked the books. It seems to be a Republican talking point of late.


Not just republicans:

EBONY.COM: You brought up unemployment, which is a major concern for African Americans. What are your plans to help Blacks, whose jobless numbers are disproportionately high?

SEN. SANDERS: First let me mention that the current statistics are not really legitimate. The problem is actually a lot worse. The official unemployment rate today in America is at 5.1 percent but that does not include people who have given up looking for work or those who are working 20 to 25 hours a week when they need to work 40 hours a week. If you add those people, the real unemployment rate in the nation is more like 10.3 percent and you can usually double that for African Americans.


Read more at EBONY http://www.ebony.com/news-views/meet-bernie-sanders-where-the-black-voter-fits-into-his-ambitious-plan#ixzz3no5bGcge


P.S. DO NOT read the comments following the interview, with a barf bag.

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