Archive for November 1st, 2013

Nums: Unemployment rate drops again … oh, really?

November 1, 2013

Feds say that “economy continues to recover … as indicated in the drop in the unemployment rate to 7.2%”.

Hmmm.

Great chart from Wall Street Daily:

 

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Conclusion: Apparent improvements in the unemployment rate continue to be mostly a reflection of a declining labor force participation rate … more and more folks dropping out of the labor force and staying home.

Frustrated by dim jobs’ prospects or satisfied with the government safety net programs .. or both?

Draw you own conclusion.

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“Numbers aren’t available” … except every night

November 1, 2013

Even Jon Stewart was flabbergasted when HHS Sebelius said she didn’t know how many people had enrolled on the ObamaCare exchanges.

Zillions of site hits, but no idea how many orders were placed.

Sounded fishy to just about everybody, right?

Any online marketing program – and, no doubt about it, this is a marketing program —  tracks orders by the minute, hour, day, week, month, campaign duration.

Now, CBS reports that HHS has been getting real-time reporting  … and a daily dashboard that includes, well, enrollments.

 

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So, why would Sebelius and the CMS head lie about not knowing the numbers?

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