GOP Jobs Truthers Plans Congressional Investigation Into September Jobs Number Conspiracy

[sasha031]

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) told Fox News on Wednesday that he would hold hearings into the September job numbers, buying into a widely-discredited conspiracy theory that President Obama faked last month’s figure to improve his re-election chances. After the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released an unexpectedly strong monthly jobs report last Friday — finding a dramatic drop in unemployment to 7.8 percent and revised the number of jobs added in July and August up from initial estimates, a group of conservatives led by former GE CEO Jack Welch — suggested that the numbers could have been fudged. Issa has now promised to look into the matter:

FOX HOST: We asked [Issa] … whether or not he was concerned about Friday’s jobs report and that big drop in the unemployment rate from 8.1% to 7.8%, which some economists have called fluky and as a result there have been questions about the Labor Department’s methodology in calculating the unemployment report. Now, Chairman Issa says he wants to have hearings on this, take a listen.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/10/11/994151/gop-plans-congressional-investigation-into-september-jobs-number-conspiracy/

[Sunlei]

1. When will Congress start doing their JOB and work for "the people" again? bunch of slackers

[DonViejo]

2. May I suggest you read this post, sasha031?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014263639

[Tennessee Gal]

3. No, Think Progress posted an update on this.

An Issa spokesperson told the Huffington Post that the Chairman has not yet scheduled the hearing. “While Chairman Issa, in response to a question asked yesterday, did state that he believes there are legitimate questions about the Department of Labor’s method for calculating unemployment, the Oversight Committee has not announced or decided to hold hearings on the September unemployment report…. At no point did he say he has made plans to convene a hearing on this subject.”

It is at the bottom of the link you provided.

[ashling]

4. GOP: The numbers have GOT to be fake! (sarcasm)

The economy couldn't possibly be getting better . . . since we have been working our asses off to keep it screwed up for the last 3 years!