{"id":29129,"date":"2016-09-01T10:53:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29129"},"modified":"2016-09-01T10:53:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:53:40","slug":"how-to-lie-with-statistics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29129","title":{"rendered":"How To Lie With Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wonder where the unemployment<\/a> numbers come from? Ever wonder why you don’t seem to be moving forward and Washington<\/a> is telling you how great the economic recovery<\/a> is? Every wonder why you know a lot of Americans who have been unemployed for a long time and have given up searching for a job when the government keeps telling you that thousands of new jobs are being created every month? Ever wonder why your reality does not seem to agree with the reality you see reported on the news? Well, the world most of us live in is a little different from the world that the people writing the news, reporting the news, and working for the government live in.<\/p>\n

This article doesn’t need words–it just needs charts and graphs.<\/p>\n

From CNS News<\/a>, the real unemployment picture:<\/p>\n

\"BLMJobStatistics\"<\/a>These are the real unemployment numbers–not the ones the Obama Administration<\/a> is releasing–these numbers take into account the workforce participation rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is the workforce participation rate taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"WorkforceParticipationRate\"<\/a>So why are those in Washington painting such a rosy picture of the economy? They are doing great. Here is a list of the wealthiest counties in America<\/a> from Wikipedia<\/a>. The list is from 2012, but I seriously doubt much has changed. Note where they are located:<\/p>\n

\"wealthiestcountiesinAmerica\"<\/a>Our representatives no longer represent us. Nor are the bureaucrats in government serving the American people<\/a>. It is long past time to clean house!<\/p>\n

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