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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 09:53 AM Original message |
What is the REAL unemployment % ? Here's a clue. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. If you aren't looking, or are long-term unemployed, you eventually drop off the rolls. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. exactly |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Mathemagicians do the counting of the unemployed... |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. They also don't count people that have been unemployed |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. In college, I was told you should automatically triple the "official" rate |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. What class was this where you heard that? |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. It was a sophomore sociology class |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. "all of them look like they need full time work and were cut for that reason"?? |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. retension |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. no benefits for part-time work |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. 'They' lie. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. Gosh, government accountants wouldn't cook the books |
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Anywho6 (458 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. I believe they have been cooking the unemployment numbers... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I think the FIRST THING the next President should do is get a TRUE accounting. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I agree they've been cooking the numbers, but it didn't start with this admin. nt |
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Anywho6 (458 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Agreed. But these asshats have taken it to a new level. n/t |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. I posted about his yesterday; 3 replies and 3 recs, but it sunk like a stone. |
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mvccd1000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. Where are you? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. In West Texas |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. The UE Rate Is A Political Number, Much Like The CPI Number |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. I recall the Reagan Administration made changes to how the unemployment # was calculated |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
21. I would guess that unemployment is at least at 14% . . . and then how many homeless???? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
23. unemployment in real terms (rather than the absurd economist terms) |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
24. ALL Bushie numbers are half-truths or utter fabrications. They lie like Soviets. |
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