http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/03/gallup-ceo-calls-unemployment-numbers-a-big-lie/GALLUP CEO CALLS UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ‘A BIG LIE’Jim Clifton, the Chairman and CEO at Gallup, has acknowledged the dirty little secret that the Obama administration and their media lapdogs assiduously attempt to hide: the official unemployment rate reported by the U.S. Department of Labor does not accurately reflect the grim reality of American unemployment.
Clifton sardonically notes the “celebrating from the media, the White House and Wall Street about how unemployment is ‘down’ to 5.6%. The cheerleading for this number is deafening. The media loves a comeback story, the White House wants to score political points and Wall Street would like you to stay in the market.”
Then Clifton savages such claims. He points out that the Department of Labor simply doesn’t count someone as unemployed if they gave up looking for a job after four weeks of fruitless searching. Adding that as many as 30 million Americans are truly out of work or severely underemployed. Clifton writes bitterly: “Trust me, the vast majority of them aren’t throwing parties to toast ‘falling’ unemployment.”
But Clifton doesn’t stop there; he explains exactly how ridiculous the Department of Labor’s standards are, noting that if a worker performs one hour a week and gets paid a minimum of $20, that worker does not count among their number of unemployed workers.
Even that shocking fact does not end Clifton’s litany of Labor Department subterfuges: if an American works part-time but seeks full-time employment, that American does not count as unemployed. He uses the example of someone who has degree in chemistry or math but can only find part-time work because that job is all that’s available.
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