Data indicates that DOL rigged claims of recent job growth.. 71

Batkus conviction or demonstrable fact? Nothing wrong with the former, but if the latter, based on what data, and how measured? What consbreastutes "dominance" of those pressures?

Well, we certainly wouldn't want to waste such a valuable resource, particularly in a way that might challenge your preconceived notions!

Now THERE'S a point on which we are in full agreement!

Oh, shucks. Looks like Tim is not gong to take me up on my offer of a bet on the conspiracy he said one could bet on, and I was hoping I might have found someone with the courage of his convictions.

Or honest difference in what is being measured. Certainly only the most naive believes that there is "a" correct inflation number. It affects everyone differently. E.g., if I spend 30% more on a car that will likely give me a 50% longer life than the one I bought 5 years ago, the cost of that car to me may be only 10%. But for a kid just getting out of college and buying his or her first car with limited funds, that car looks 30% more expensive. Both views are "right". Your personal expenses may well have had a higher inflation loss than, for instance, the CPI-U. But that doesn't mean that either of them is wrong.

Agreed. Nor will la-la land imaginings of what someone dreams might be true, based on their own very limited experience, at least with respect to the world outside of that experience.

BS If, as you claim, their measures make Enron look honest, then the "true" part of the above becomes very relevant.

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