US Unemployment is 5.5%

You do realize that people automatically drop off the unemployed list as soon as their benefits run out, right? They don't have to be employed to not be counted as unemployed.

If someone is unemployed and has given up on finding a job -- if you are out of work and you've stopped looking over the past four weeks -- the Department of Labor doesn't count you as unemployed.

While you are as unemployed as one can possibly be, and may never find a job again, you are not counted in the feel good figure we see in the news -- currently 5.5%.

Right now, as many as 30 million Americans are either out of work or severely underemployed.


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You do realize over 250k new jobs have been added for 10 consecutive months straight? Something that hasnt happened since 1970. Guess you're not happy unless a republican is driving the economy off a cliff.

You do realize that you've been saying the same shit since 2009 right?

Sure but its been counted that way for a couple decades now so does it even matter anymore?

Don't forget about the total collapse of the US Dollar and the US economy.



Also don't forget: Today's heros can be tomorow's shitheads

Here we go again...... blind believers in action.

http://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-pr...s-job-lie.html

And?

If you collect unemployment for years and cannot find a job although we create millions of jobs every year.... At a certain point you either just aren't trying enough, or are unemployable. Or both.

30 million out of work and 250k new jobs is supposed to mean something? Think drop and bucket.

And some still don't get it.

Where are people given unemployment for years? California has a 6 month cap. And we are creating millions of jobs every year? Where did you read that?

Go Team!



The Federalist had a nice graphic so I used it, but I'm sure Clampett will stop by to call me a "right winger" for that
Here are the Labor Force Participation figures from the Bureau Of Labor Statistics (you know... The Government)
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

It's never been in goverment's interest to tell you the whole truth, question everything.

Nice twist....

I thought businesses didn't create jobs?

Out of that thirty million people, how many of them are both employable and actively looking for work? How many of them do not need to work because they are supported by their spouses? How many of them are students? How many of them are just unable to work? My best friend hasn't worked in over twenty years but I wouldn't consider him unemployed. My mother was a stay at home mom, never worked, but she was never "unemployed" - she just didn't need to work. My other brother just opened up a new business. Technically he is unemployed - he has yet to pull a paycheck from his new business. His wife supports him.

Thirty million people are "out of work". But a fair percentage of those people are not looking for work because they do not need to work.

You understand other states have other rules, right? He lives in Oregon, and you can collect unemployment for 99 weeks. (I looked it up for ya.)

Can you not do math?

Last month we added 295k jobs. Multiple that by 12 months and..... Over three million jobs created. However, that is only using one month as an example. Last November we added 423k jobs. If you want an exact total, in the past year we have created 3,202,000 jobs.

When did I ever say that?