The Government Lies to US about the Economy.

[The Great Aztec Joe]

In News release after news release we can see deception by the Government. The object is to keep the Sheeple tranquil.

Consider todays Durable Goods Report.

The actual numbers were horrible, because they show that goods being ordered are declining on average. That decline has been going on for some time. Yet, the Government news release essentially said, if we take out the major declining components and do not count them, the rest of the components are positive. The stock market shot up on such a blatant lie. Yet, the economy is still falling and falling and falling.

So, here are the Durable Goods Orders for the past few months. Look at what has really happened in that time.

DURABLE ORDERS

AUG 2010 –1.3%
JUL 2010 +0.3 %
JUN 2010 –0.1 %
MAY 2010 –0.8 % -


DURABLE ORDERS ex Transport

AUG 2010 +2.0 %
JUL 2010 –2.8 %
JUN 2010 +0.2%


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[The Great Aztec Joe]

Two days ago the news release from Washington claimed that Home Sales were up an astounding SEVEN PERCENT.

Yet here is the reality for the past half year. These numbers are the annual sales rate based upon reported sales in each month.

EXISTING HOMES SALES
AUG 2010 4.13 M

JUN 2010 5.26 M

APR 2010 5.79 M

NOV 2009 6.54 M

FEB 2007 6.69 M


Do you see the actual trend here?

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Then we get to Unemployment. The Federal Government has dropped off millions and millions of people from the Labor Pool with the explanation that they are no longer looking for work.

All of these millions (5 to 9 Million depending upon who you listen to) have all been dropped from the list because of a so called public opinion survey that supposedly samples a few thousand people monthly to determine the percentage of people who are actively looking for work.

Nobody that I have ever met remembers ever being sampled in the survey. Yet, the government still comes out with its new and improved numbers. Even though the government knows these people have lost jobs, they claim that they are not unemployed because the government figures that they are not really looking for work.

All of the people that I know who have been looking for work are still looking. Supposedly 20 percent of them are no longer looking. Yet, when I ask them, they say they are still looking.

Nobody in his right mind buys that crap