Comments on: President Obama’s Bluff On Jobs Outlook http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/9667 High Flying Political Debate Sat, 26 May 2012 00:33:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Strata-Sphere » The ‘09 Summer Of Failed LIberal Economic Policies http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/9667/comment-page-1#comment-472737 The Strata-Sphere » The ‘09 Summer Of Failed LIberal Economic Policies Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:28:49 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/?p=9667#comment-472737 [...] federal bureaucracy to ‘stimulate‘ economic growth. Of the 6 government entities I am monitoring, which represent 1/3rd of the stimulus jobs money and include the two departments with the [...] [...] federal bureaucracy to ‘stimulate‘ economic growth. Of the 6 government entities I am monitoring, which represent 1/3rd of the stimulus jobs money and include the two departments with the [...]

]]> By: MerlinOS2 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/9667/comment-page-1#comment-472631 MerlinOS2 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:41:00 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/?p=9667#comment-472631 It is my understanding they are also playing games with the unemployment numbers. The trick is that anybody who depletes their 26 weeks of benefits goes on to the extended benefits from the stimulus package. But even though they are still unemployed and drawing a check they are removed for the count of unemployed people to counter new people coming into the system. Thus the reported total unemployment will be understated by a growing number of extended benefit people each week as new people roll on to the extended benefits. It is my understanding they are also playing games with the unemployment numbers.

The trick is that anybody who depletes their 26 weeks of benefits goes on to the extended benefits from the stimulus package.

But even though they are still unemployed and drawing a check they are removed for the count of unemployed people to counter new people coming into the system.

Thus the reported total unemployment will be understated by a growing number of extended benefit people each week as new people roll on to the extended benefits.

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