Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny's correct on this... I forget under whose Presidency (Carter/Reagan) that some Economist re defined the "unemployed" You also drop off the unemployed list when your benefits run out.... -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: SonC@aol.com > You are not considered unemployed in the US if you are not looking for > work. > > "Despite their great numbers, many of the men not working are missing from > > the nationâ??s best-known statistic on unemployment. The jobless rate is > now a > low 4.6 percent, yet that number excludes most of the missing men, > because they > have stopped looking for work and are therefore not considered officially > unemployed. That makes the unemployment rate a far less useful measure of > the > countryâ??s well-being than it once was." > > much more here: > > > http://dotcommonsense.blog-city.com/clue_to_the_low_unemloyment_rate__12_of_me > n_in_prime_work_ye.htm > > http://tinyurl.com/2bwz5c > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > égalité, liberté, crawfish > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information