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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew York Times: Trump administration asking states to delay release of unemployment numbers
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/politics/labor-department-states-unemployment-numbers-coronavirus/index.htmlThe Trump administration is asking state labor officials amid the coronavirus pandemic to keep the exact number of unemployment claims under embargo until the total national number is published in a weekly government report, according to The New York Times.
The Labor Department asked state officials in an email Wednesday to only "provide information using generalities to describe claims levels (very high, large increase)" and withhold exact figures, the Times reported.
"States should not provide numeric values to the public," Gay Gilbert, the administrator of the department's Office of Employment Insurance, wrote in her email obtained by the Times.
Government figures already show that Americans are starting to lose their jobs in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Before the pandemic hit the US, initial unemployment insurance claims were between roughly 210,000 and 230,000 a week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/business/economy/coronavirus-employers-unemployment.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)jimfields33
(15,948 posts)Everyone knows there going to be horrible. I wonder what he is thinking.
underpants
(182,877 posts)Just saying.
This is blatant
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)gibraltar72
(7,511 posts)please don't tell anyone.
woodsprite
(11,924 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)They can't order me to stay home and go broke.
jimfields33
(15,948 posts)Like if you are furloughed, you are not eligible. You might have to wait until that sick leave is passed. I mean I hope you get it, but there are some funky rules.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Might make him look bad. It's been a trait of his for decades if you do a bit of research using decent sources.
Hopefully the governors ignore him. He's been screwing them over with testing kits, equipment and the truth, they owe him NOTHING. ALL of the governors need to look after their own citizens and work with other governors to get their needs met. They must all be open and upfront with the American people especially since the president is obviously not.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Fuck him
Get thee to the greatest page to expose the kakistocracy.
D_Master81
(1,822 posts)States wont add up to what the regime will put out there.