How correct are Government stats???

Question

I have been unemployed for six months and as hard as I try, have not found work. Because I receive employment insurance I am included in the Government stats as being out of work. Once my EI runs out, the Government will assume, as I no longer receive payments, I have found a job. Without me telling them different, their stats will be incorrect. How many others have run out of benefits, are still out of work, but are not listed by the Governments as unemployed. As long as I continue to pay taxes I guess they really don't care. What upsets me most is they actually brag about a lower unemployment rate to get more votes and that rate is not true.

Answer 1

This is absolutely true. When they release their govt. stats, usually on Fridays, (all bad news or good news is released on Fridays, so Americans won't think about it over the weekend), they don't include those who have dropped off the unemployment rolls after their benefits run out. They also do not include illegal immigrants and what toll that takes on the rolls, either.

Government stats are usually kept in two different sets of "books"; those that are the actual facts and those that they want released to the public in order to promote the Administration.

Answer 2

Government stats are like the government...enough said

Answer 3

the most truthful fact abt stats is that they can b moulded in any way. i m not saying stats r wrong but stats can b used 2 depict different picture frm reality.

Answer 4

THE GOVERNMENT STATS ARE NEVER RIGHT IF THEY WEAR WE WOULDN'T BE IN A MESS AS THINGS ARE TO DAY.

Answer 5

pick up a Spanish accent... you'll find work

Answer 6

Well, Mark Twain said, "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."