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No it certainly isn't . It's exactly how the Obama Administration played with the numbers the entire time they were in power.

My guess is that without the bogus disability claims we all know happened from 2008-2015 the UE rate would have been double what it was.

Obama didn't play with the unemployment numbers - that's just a Republican wives' tale. The unemployment numbers under Obama were figured the same way they always were.

As far as disability claims, the standards for disability were the same under Obama as they were under Bush. Obama didn't change the standards - that's another Repub wives' tale.

Disability claims alway go up during recessions, since the out of work are searching for other means of support. Yes, disability claims went up during the 2009-10 recession, but that increase was exacerbated by severity and length of the recession, and the fact that American workers were aging, and therefore more susceptible to conditions that would qualify them for disability.

Check the cool aid before you drink it.

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Posted by bfniii

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Posted on 10/7/17 at 12:11 am to Bullethead88

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Obama didn't play with the unemployment numbers - that's just a Republican wives' tale.

well, the wh insistently fed the media the u6 number which is almost meaningless. the u3 is a more revealing statistic and when looking at that, unemployment numbers during the obama administration weren't nearly as rosy as he was touting.

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Check the cool aid before you drink it.

yeah right. insisting on using the u6 number isn't kool aid? ceteris parabis, the numbers since trump was elected have been better. ftr, i don't think a president is solely responsible for these numbers. however, a president can create a climate for these numbers to be better or worse.

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