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  • polish_aristocrat
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    • Jul 2002
    • 40377

    #1

    How much is the unemployment rate in your country?

    In Poland it's currently 20%.

    How about your country
    Can you beat it?
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  • rickholio
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2004
    • 1914

    #2
    7.3% here in Canada, as of April 2004.

    I don't know how they measure unemployment over there, but over here unemployed is anyone who's of the 'standard employable age' (18-65) who is not incarcerated, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to work (permanent disability, etc). People working part-time jobs are considered employed.
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    • xato
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      • Mar 2003
      • 1205

      #3
      Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
      In Poland it's currently 20%.

      How about your country
      Can you beat it?
      20%??
      holy shit. how can those 20% survive? i guess they are not covered by society because society cant pay for 1/5 of the population of a country !?

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      • polish_aristocrat
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        • Jul 2002
        • 40377

        #4
        Originally posted by xato
        20%??
        holy shit. how can those 20% survive? i guess they are not covered by society because society cant pay for 1/5 of the population of a country !?
        Well, in fact it is probably more like 16%, since many people are on welfare but work illegally.

        In general, polish economy is fucked up, because of stupid and corrupt politicians ( well, at least not as corrupt as in Russia ).
        Furthermore Poland has 50-years communism experience so it has changed people's mentality and they want the state to help them, they don't want to rely on themselves.
        So the politicians want to always win the elections so they don't make unpopular decisions to reform the economy...
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        • Calvinguy
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          • Oct 2002
          • 1752

          #5
          Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
          In Poland it's currently 20%.

          How about your country
          Can you beat it?
          Just what we needed in the EU...

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          • Babagirls
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            • Feb 2001
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            #6
            not sure about the country, but i think its less than 5% here in Wisconsin.




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            • polish_aristocrat
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Jul 2002
              • 40377

              #7
              Originally posted by Calvinguy
              Just what we needed in the EU...
              Not sure where are you from but it was Schroeder who sugested that we even increase taxes so that EU as a whole can better compete against the US, ...... while everyone knows that less taxes and less burocracy = better economy and faster development.
              Both burocracy and taxes should be reduced in Poland as well as whole EU. That's IMO the only way nowadays.
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              • Hands
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                • Apr 2004
                • 344

                #8
                I'm in Australia and we're sitting at about 7.5% unemployment I think.
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                • strobi
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                  • Nov 2002
                  • 7383

                  #9
                  It's 12,7% currently in Belgium (March 2004)

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                  • pimplink
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                    • Jun 2001
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                    #10
                    The question in the USA is not so much UNEMPLOYMENT but UNDERemployment

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                    • Theo
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                      • May 2001
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                      #11
                      i think the official is 6%-7% but the real one is wayy higher

                      such numbers are getting manipulated easily



                      ops,i just checked it's 9.3%

                      so estimate 12%+
                      Last edited by Theo; 05-27-2004, 12:50 AM.

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                      • TexasGuy
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                        • May 2004
                        • 432

                        #12
                        The official is 4,6 %, but the real is closer to 20 %.

                        Damned socialists!

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                        • Icy
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                          • Mar 2002
                          • 864

                          #13
                          9,2% in Spain (6% men, 13% women).

                          But i don't trust that numbers because lots of job is created temporary for tourism, for example in Summer is easy to get a job here at disco, bars, restaurants, hotels etc. as Spain has one of the biggest tourism industries in Europe.
                          In the other hand, lots of housewifes and students join the unemployment lists just to get free or even paid formation for some jobs.
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                          • donnie
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                            • Jan 2003
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Calvinguy
                            Just what we needed in the EU...
                            Exactly!

                            Why don't they go to USA now?? When daddy Bush want's them to go to war with him and kill innocent people, they jump like litlle bitches.

                            And now they expect us to welcome them in EU so they can sponge on our welfare.

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                            • EviLGuY
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                              • Apr 2003
                              • 12745

                              #15
                              Originally posted by rickholio
                              7.3% here in Canada, as of April 2004.

                              I don't know how they measure unemployment over there, but over here unemployed is anyone who's of the 'standard employable age' (18-65) who is not incarcerated, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to work (permanent disability, etc). People working part-time jobs are considered employed.
                              7.4 isn't too bad.

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                              • roly
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                                • Aug 2002
                                • 1844

                                #16
                                it's 4.7% in the UK

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                                • rickholio
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                                  • Jan 2004
                                  • 1914

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by EviLGuY
                                  7.4 isn't too bad.
                                  I agree... especially when you consider that 'unemployed' here includes people who have given up looking for work but are still considered employable. We count "discouraged workers" as part of the unemployed.

                                  If we left those guys off the books (to generate a number more in-line with those from the south) we'd have a number substantially lower, probably in the realm of around 4% or so. A quick check on non-disabled welfare recipients of employable age would yield our equivalent to 'discouraged' (with some proviso's for single mothers and so forth).
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                                  • Reak
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                                    • Mar 2003
                                    • 17920

                                    #18
                                    2much

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                                    • sinkiss
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                                      • Apr 2004
                                      • 666

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by pimplink
                                      The question in the USA is not so much UNEMPLOYMENT but UNDERemployment

                                      that is so true. i read an article on that kinda thing a few days ago. wish i would have saved it or at least scanned it into my computer.
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                                      • SR
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                                        • Jul 2001
                                        • 2239

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by donnie
                                        Exactly!

                                        Why don't they go to USA now?? When daddy Bush want's them to go to war with him and kill innocent people, they jump like litlle bitches.

                                        And now they expect us to welcome them in EU so they can sponge on our welfare.
                                        So and where are you originaly from or where's your family from?
                                        I'm sure it's not from Europe.

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                                        • body
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                                          • Oct 2002
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                                          #21
                                          5%
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                                          • LittleMack
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                                            • Oct 2003
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                                            #22
                                            The US rate is 5.5 percent which falls in the realm of Full employment if you have studied Economics. Anything over 6% is not good.
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                                            • Goose
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                                              • Mar 2004
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                                              #23
                                              only 5% and everybody is worring...
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                                              • {fusion}
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                                                • Sep 2003
                                                • 1650

                                                #24
                                                7 or 8% the news state

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                                                • Firehorse
                                                  Desire it and have it!!!
                                                  • Apr 2002
                                                  • 30767

                                                  #25
                                                  In Australia the rate at present is 5.6 per cent. And, as Treasurer Peter Costello delights in reminding us, this is as low as it's been in 23 years.
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                                                  • Firehorse
                                                    Desire it and have it!!!
                                                    • Apr 2002
                                                    • 30767

                                                    #26
                                                    In the state we live in it is 6.7 per cent and improving.
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                                                    • adjektiv
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                                                      • Jan 2003
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                                                      #27
                                                      5% and it is Bush's fault.

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