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Prairie Gates

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11. This is a discussion board

Reply to House of Roberts (Reply #10)

Fri Nov 1, 2024, 09:18 AM

Nov 1

Your posts are public, and anyone can jump in. I am extremely skeptical of people who call the unemployment rate provided by the BLS into question, because they often do so with some bizarre agenda, and that's often packaged with truly nutty conspiratorial thinking. Of course, I'm not saying that's true of you. You asked me why I jumped in. I jumped in because it seems like you were calling the clearly stated unemployment rate provided by the BLS into question. Maybe you were, maybe you weren't. You seem unwilling to say. But that's why.

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It's literally in the title of the post and in the report Prairie Gates Nov 1 #7

I asked you a very specific question. House of Roberts Nov 1 #8

You didn't ask me anything - you asked twodogsbarking Prairie Gates Nov 1 #9

You are correct, I didn't ask you, House of Roberts Nov 1 #10

This is a discussion board Prairie Gates Nov 1 #11

If you're going to 'jump in' on a question directed specifically at another, House of Roberts Nov 1 #12

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