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Wiz Imp

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5. Oh, and his statement about government workers from the household survey is total bullshit

Reply to Wiz Imp (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:53 AM

Aug 11

as the household survey doesn't measure number of employed persons by industry. That survey does measure number of unemployed by industry, and the number of unemployed workers in Government did increase by 328,000 from January to June, but those numbers are not seasonally adjusted and a large portion of that increase is definitely seasonal. Regardless, the number is nowhere near half a million.

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Oh, and his statement about government workers from the household survey is total bullshit Wiz Imp Aug 11 #5