> interesting that everyone's immediate reaction now-a-days is to assume incompetence or maliciousness, rather than curiosity at the root cause

I came across this claim last week regarding recent US jobs figures:

> "All jobs gains were part time. Full-time jobs: -357K. Part-time jobs: +597K"

If this claim is true, and I have no means to tell if it is, then - regardless of one's view on whoever is in power right now - do we really expect any elected representatives to be brave enough to say that out loud at a press conference?

I don't :/