I Just Can Not Believe This
July 3rd, 2008
I was reading Dwight’s daily post at WesCorp. And he is commenting on the Unemployment report (not good BTW).
While the initial reaction to the Unemployment Report was one of relief, the fact remains that this was a very ugly report. There was nothing to feel good about. The survey that is used in calcutlating the Unemployment Rate was particularly gloomy. While the teen job sector did adjust from the last month’s faulty seasonal, all other elements deteriorated in the month of June. Here’s a spin one economists put on the number. He said (and I’ll leave him nameless) that at some point soon, many of those unemployed will simply give up looking for jobs. The BLS will then classify them as “discouraged workers”. This means they will no longer be considered unemployed, and that will soften the rise in the Unemployment Rate. In other words, you no longer exist in the eyes of the BLS. What a concept! Now if they can just eliminate the price of oil from memory banks, all will be well.
Does the book 1984 mean anything to you? The Gov’t is messing with inflation, messing with unemployment, etc. Why can’t they just be honest? And I’m not just pointing fingers and the current administration. It seems that politicians in general can’t seem to speak the truth. Just drives me crazy.
Also, I’m working on the newsletter. Trying to round up some positive news. Anybody have any? I hate being so negative. Keep Looking up…
-- By Chris Duncan
i agree with your comments on inflation, calling it “4%” is a JOKE! Maybe 4% per month?
the funniest thing ever is that they don’t include “food or energy” in “core inflation” rate. where do i need to move to that i can avoid food & energy costs? let’s be honest, as long as social security & gov’t pensions are tied to the inflation rate, they are not going to let it go to a real number.
but let’s not let the almighty “stock market” find it’s own level…to hell with the value of the dollar, to hell with inflation, to hell with the average family…to hell with everything else…just do whatever you can to prop up the over-valued stock market…and keep thos $20 Million/year + CEO’s happy!
the deficit is at record numbers (what is next after the “we’ll never be able to pay this off” level we had before the Iraq war?). I wonder if this is how it was in the early days of the fall of Rome?