[KevinTheOmnivore]

The labor data SHOULD improve, simply because of the way the DOL collects data. If you go unemployed and can't find a job within 6 months, you are no longer "seeking" a job, and thus you aren't included in the data. If we go through a long period of unemployment, and then there's an upswing in the unemployment rate, and things don't add up, THAT'S why. If someone registers often with one class at a vocational or community college, they are no longer added to the data.

Bush's unemployment rate NEEDS to decrease, otherwise the situation is actually far worse than the numbers detail.