Government and Media Focus Too Much on Unemployment Rate
Shocking but not surprising to see that RI has highest poverty rate in New England. Chart below shows while our jobless rate fell from 11.2% to 4.2% (-62.5%), non-employment rate only fell from 41.2% to 38.2% (-7.3%). RI Media and DLT: STOP FOCUSING SO MUCH ON OUR JOBLESS RATE!! pic.twitter.com/ijGM0iPurp
— Len Lardaro (@ladardo) November 21, 2017