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Originally Posted by GregE
You realize, don't you, that once a laid-off worker's unemployment benefits run out, the government then pretends that that person is no longer unemployed.
Not saying that any of this is Obama's fault, but that's just the way it is.
The official employment numbers don't mean jack shit.
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Yes, but there are also a lot of people on unemployment that shouldn't be. My brother lost his job, remained on unemployment as long as he could, and when it ran out.... He said "Why go get a job?".
If we are going to start factoring in people who went off unemployment but aren't employed, shouldn't we count people like my brother who milked unemployment and then when it ran out didn't get a job because he didn't really need one? (He is supported by his wife.)
I just find it funny we suddenly question the unemployment percentage after all of this time. I mean, we've only been doing it this way since 1890.