A question of believing what you're told or what you see . . .

The BLS reported 321,000 jobs added in November and the unemployment rate at 5.8%. Jobs are plentiful, based upon these statistics. 

A skeptical critical thinking individual might ask a few questions or point out a few inconvenient facts the purveyors of propaganda might not want us to ponder:

• The non-manipulated, non-seasonally adjusted number of jobs in November FELL by 270,000. The BLS added 600,000 jobs as an adjustment to achieve the headline grabbing result.
• If the jobs market is so good, why is the labor participation rate at a 30 year low of 62.8%?
• Since 2007 the number of working age Americans has risen by 17 million, while the number of employed has risen by less than 1 million, but the unemployment rate is about the same.
• Why would almost 14 million working age Americans leave the labor force since 2007 if the economy is booming and jobs plentiful, with 1.2 million leaving in the last 12 months?
• Why would payroll tax receipts be flat with last year if millions of new jobs have been created?
• If the country has really added 8 million jobs since 2010, how could real median household income FALL by 2.3%?

And the unemployment numbers are not the only spun data we receive (and many rely upon) monthly.  

Politcally charged but well-researched and passionate, I commend this article to your review:  http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/12/11/should-you-believe-what-they-tell-you-or-what-you-see/