218 Unemployment

In January 1995 the unemployment rate was 5.7. In January 2004 the unemployment rate is 5.6. How does “jobs” become the big issue of the election unless someone lies? The Bush Hating websites are typing themselves in fiscal knots to leave the good news to the very last paragraph.

Bureau of Labor Statistics Check out the current and historical statistics yourself.

If you hate Bush, you’ll find nothing good here--you’ll point out the people who have stopped looking or the lack of “new” jobs. People have always dropped out of the job search, that’s not new. And if you are out of work, unemployment is 100%, not 5.6 or down from December.