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user-inactivated · 3839 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why the recovery isn't helping Democrats in the midterm polls
Use the U6 rate. Consistently twice as high as the unemployment rate; much better reflection of our economy.
smoorman1024 · 3838 days ago · link ·
Yes. Thanks. I'm aware. The point here is more that our headline numbers are as inflated and massaged as China's. (That's hyperbole. I don't actually mean that literally)