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Dennis Donovan

(24,511 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 02:27 PM Oct 4

POTUS reacts to accusation of job numbers being faked (by Lil Marco)

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President Biden reacts to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) saying the jobs report has fake numbers: "If you notice, anything the MAGA Republicans don't like they call fake. Anything. The job numbers are what the job numbers are. They're real."
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2:24 PM · Oct 4, 2024


Oh, fuck off with the fakeness, MAGA. Your whole campaign is built on a throne of lies from Trump and JD.


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POTUS reacts to accusation of job numbers being faked (by Lil Marco) (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Oct 4 OP
Calling BLS numbers fake used to be a radical looney-tune position of far leftists Prairie Gates Oct 4 #1
????? Wiz Imp Oct 4 #3
Me either. Trump claimed the number were fake while Obama was president. While unemployment was doc03 Oct 4 #4
Thinking of Dubya days Prairie Gates Oct 4 #5
I worked on the BLS programs that track the number of jobs for over 30 years Wiz Imp Oct 4 #6
The wise old man is correct RAB910 Oct 4 #2

Prairie Gates

(2,674 posts)
1. Calling BLS numbers fake used to be a radical looney-tune position of far leftists
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 02:30 PM
Oct 4

Why would a reporter even grace that nonsense with a question?

Wiz Imp

(1,507 posts)
3. ?????
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 03:08 PM
Oct 4

I don't remember anyone on the left ever calling the BLS numbers fake. The right has consistently done so, however, first during Barak Obama's term and now all through Biden's term.

doc03

(36,519 posts)
4. Me either. Trump claimed the number were fake while Obama was president. While unemployment was
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 03:38 PM
Oct 4

4 or so Trump claimed unemployment was 30% or even more.

Wiz Imp

(1,507 posts)
6. I worked on the BLS programs that track the number of jobs for over 30 years
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 06:41 PM
Oct 4

Even during the Bush years, I don't remember anyone on the left questioning the veracity of the numbers. What I do remember is members of Bush's economic team pushing to change how things were defined in order to make thing look better. I remember one guy saying fast food restaurants should be classified in manufacturing since they were manufacturing hamburgers. Yes, someone on Bush's team actually made that argument. Thankfully, none of the redefinitions that they pushed for were ever adopted.

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