02-22-2023, 06:23 PM
(02-22-2023, 06:04 PM)pally Wrote: you don't get to just eliminate statistics that don't bolster your position. Trump has to own the pandemic, his response, and the fallout of it. These are as much a part of his presidency and legacy as record stock market levels are. The measure of a President is how he handles things when the going gets tough. Trump failed to lead and we are still paying the price for it,
I didn't suggest eliminating them but they most certainly should be adjusted for Covid. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will produce unadjusted and adjusted numbers because adjusting data for outliers is a thing.
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2022/article/the-challenges-of-seasonal-adjustment-for-the-current-employment-statistics-survey-during-the-covid-19-pandemic.htm
Some reading material if you're bored. It just speaks to the importance of adjusting numbers and how difficult it was to adjust for Covid (but they did).