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Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:42 am
by Baldy
...and the hits keep coming.
Census ‘faked’ 2012 election jobs report
In the home stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign, from August to September, the unemployment rate fell sharply — raising eyebrows from Wall Street to Washington.
The decline — from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September — might not have been all it seemed. The numbers, according to a reliable source, were manipulated.
And the Census Bureau, which does the unemployment survey, knew it.
Just two years before the presidential election, the Census Bureau had caught an employee fabricating data that went into the unemployment report, which is one of the most closely watched measures of the economy.
And a knowledgeable source says the deception went beyond that one employee — that it escalated at the time President Obama was seeking reelection in 2012 and continues today.
“He’s not the only one,” said the source, who asked to remain anonymous for now but is willing to talk with the Labor Department and Congress if asked.
The Census employee caught faking the results is Julius Buckmon, according to confidential Census documents obtained by The Post. Buckmon told me in an interview this past weekend that he was told to make up information by higher-ups at Census.
Ironically, it was Labor’s demanding standards that left the door open to manipulation.
Labor requires Census to achieve a 90 percent success rate on its interviews — meaning it needed to reach 9 out of 10 households targeted and report back on their jobs status.
Census currently has six regions from which surveys are conducted. The New York and Philadelphia regions, I’m told, had been coming up short of the 90 percent.
Philadelphia filled the gap with fake interviews.
“It was a phone conversation — I forget the exact words — but it was, ‘Go ahead and fabricate it’ to make it what it was,” Buckmon told me.
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:48 am
by GannonFan
Well, this isn't news - anyone with more than one neuron firing per day knew that those jobs numbers were fake. They weren't even fakes well - it was like a straight D student all of sudden getting 100% on tests, rather than doing the smart thing and purposely missing a few questions.
As for Philly, hey, no real surprise there either. The beuaty of Philadelphia politics is you can make it whatever you want it to be since there are no real rules here - fake numbers, fake voters, whatever it takes. We make really good cheesesteaks though (and the restaurant scene is amazingly underrated - seriously, Philly is a fantastic restaurant city).
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:51 am
by GannonFan
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:52 am
by Cap'n Cat
True. Guy is a fvck.
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:55 am
by houndawg
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:14 am
by AZGrizFan
Wait. That poor woman had to decapitate the owner?
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:26 am
by Baldy
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:28 am
by Cap'n Cat
Everything at Right Wing Watch is truthful. It's all the Conks in their glory - they're the one's spewing. RWW simply presents it to us so it doesn't get ignored. Check it out, son.
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:30 am
by Baldy
Two posts too late and still sucking on somebody else's jack towel.
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:37 am
by Cap'n Cat
Baldy wrote:
Two posts too late and still sucking on somebody else's jack towel.
Cryin' and flailin' like a little girl to defend his lame thread.
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:09 am
by CID1990
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:22 am
by Baldy
Cap'n Cat wrote:Baldy wrote:
Two posts too late and still sucking on somebody else's jack towel.
Cryin' and flailin' like a little girl to defend his lame thread.
Speaking of cryin' and flailin'...running from the subject matter and attacking a perfectly legit source.
Cappy going down swinging
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:02 am
by YoUDeeMan
AZGrizFan wrote:Wait. That poor woman had to decapitate the owner?
She obviously didn't understand what he meant when he asked her to give him some head. Stupid chick.
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:54 am
by Cap'n Cat
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:11 pm
by Baldy
Cap'n Cat wrote:Baldy wrote:
Speaking of cryin' and flailin'...running from the subject matter and attacking a
perfectly legit source.
Yeah, for you and this guy:
...or for just normal people.
Re: Rigged
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:19 pm
by Cap'n Cat
