Homestead mailing list

["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

You can't compare the figures from past years because "Beginning in January
2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household
survey."

They've changed the way they figure you is or isn't unemployed.  And they
also like to substitute the word "adjusted" for what in reality is
"manipulated" figures.

Lynda


----- Original Message -----
From: <DSanner106 AT aol.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] that's a city !


>
> In a message dated 10/7/2004 5:36:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tonihawr AT msn.com writes:
>
> 14,000 *wage-earners* may equate to ?how many?
> spouses and children ? about another 20,000 or more ?
> Rounding it off upwards - about 35,000 hungry people
> in a few months over and above all the others that
> were terminated for one reason or another since the
> beginning of *this* year ... In one place, 35,000 people
> is a good-sized city.
>
>
>
> but lest we just focus on one side of this, the un-employment rate is 5.4
> percent, lower than the average unemployment rate of the 70's, 80's, or
90's.
>
> Drew
> _______________________________________________
> Homestead list and subscription:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/homestead
> Change your homestead list member options:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/homestead/lurine%40softcom.net
> View the archives at:
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/homestead
>
>