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		adventured on Oct 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Texas employment tops 14M as state job growth tops... Those BLS numbers are garbage. Maryland's unemployment rate is not 1.6%. You'd have to dig into the state by state presentations on unemployment to get a proper picture and comparison. It's quite a time consuming task.

dangus on Oct 22, 2023 [–]

Okay, maybe you should do that and come back with a proper analysis. Personally I would trust federal numbers more than “some guy says nuh-uh that can’t be right.”

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