Captain Quackenbush's
Unemployment Stats Are Wrong
RECEIVED Mon., July 23, 2012
Dear Editor,
In response to the state saying that seasonal trends push Austin unemployment rates up to 6.4%: It is tiresome and frustrating for us to read over and over again the latest absurd monthly stats on the unemployment rate. Any moron (including media reporters) must know by now that the statistics are wrong.
With millions of Texans out of work for years now, who may have stopped looking for work, the statistics don't cover those longtime unemployed.
The real numbers must be closer to 15% unemployed.
So, please, stop insulting our intelligence by regurgitating the stale undercut government unemployment statistics.
In response to the state saying that seasonal trends push Austin unemployment rates up to 6.4%: It is tiresome and frustrating for us to read over and over again the latest absurd monthly stats on the unemployment rate. Any moron (including media reporters) must know by now that the statistics are wrong.
With millions of Texans out of work for years now, who may have stopped looking for work, the statistics don't cover those longtime unemployed.
The real numbers must be closer to 15% unemployed.
So, please, stop insulting our intelligence by regurgitating the stale undercut government unemployment statistics.
Peter Stern
