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• Today's dishonest Fox News graphic - BuckGalaxy - 9/11/2012 4:54:18 PM
  • Yep. Hope more people call 'em on that. n/t - RobVG - 9/11/2012 11:23:23 PM
  • What does "Unemployment rate for govt workers 5.1%" mean? - alcaray - 9/11/2012 8:33:34 PM
    • I would think government worker unemployment is zero? Government workers by definition are working right? But then again... - BuckGalaxy - 9/12/2012 1:33:19 AM
      • I think everyone knows what is meant by an unemployment rate for a particular class of workers. - TB - 9/12/2012 2:27:18 AM
        • Additional graph - TB - 9/12/2012 2:45:01 AM
          • So according to TB's graphs here... - BuckGalaxy - 9/12/2012 5:08:47 AM
            • Re: So according to TB's graphs here... - TB - 9/12/2012 6:21:04 PM
    • That's what I am. - ER - 9/11/2012 8:48:09 PM
      • So the criteria is "once having held a government position"? - alcaray - 9/11/2012 10:08:43 PM
        • I'm not sure. - ER - 9/11/2012 10:27:14 PM
  • How are retirees counted? - ER - 9/11/2012 7:59:49 PM
  • A valid point: the two percentages are apples and oranges. - TB - 9/11/2012 6:14:23 PM

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