huffingtonpost.com — Real unemployment in the United States is stuck at a dismal 19%, a figure nearly twice the so-called official number. And the economy is short a staggering 22.4 million jobs in order to have an overall full unemployment rate of 5%, which is more than twice the 9 million figure the administration is using.
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rrwestJan 13, 2010
Governments have been cooking the unemployment books since the days of the Depression, to prevent widespread panic.
cajungalJan 14, 2010
People that WANT a job and cannot find one should be counted as unemployed even if their unemployment has run out—that is all I was saying. How silly of me, thinking that is what unemployment means!!
regeyaJan 14, 2010
cool straw man bro
z0rkJan 14, 2010
Immigration isn't the problem in and of itself. It's the social programs that allow the immigrant to draw more from the system than they put in that is the problem. Remove social programs like food stamps, health care, welfare, ect... and the immigrant will not be an issue at all. Removing these also removes a huge tax burden from the companies that create the jobs, allowing them to create more jobs. With a limited government, as the constitution lays out, immigration would not be an issue.
kasha34Jan 15, 2010
If you bring it up they call you a racist, as it all started with Barney and Company forcing the banks give out easy mortgages to minorities.
ank12Jan 15, 2010
I think at this time of recession the best is to do freelancing . I am a freelancer and got a job from eZdia , not much but a thousand dollar per month is not too bad , Just try at eZdia , and earn money as a freelancer
joe8packJan 25, 2010
you left out the word "unexpectedly" which must be included in every article on the economy. it should read - "The unexpectedly recoveryless recovery"
kayla9170Apr 8, 2010
Here is a REAL UNEMPLOYMENT story for you. Beware if you take a Temporary U.S. Census Job and get sick (for even one day). Any assistance with taking this story viral, I would appreciate- <a class="user" href="http://www.annarbor.com/community/news/government/us_census_temporary_workers_have_no_lead_way_on_illnesses/" rel="nofollow">http://www.annarbor.com/community/news/government/ ...</a>
wallstreetgreekApr 8, 2010
We called the economic recovery a "Holy Resurrection" last week, and the piece linked to below was based on the many holes that exist within our recovery. The government includes part-time workers as employed, even though many of them use to work full-time, and the government also takes long-term unemployed out if people stop looking for four weeks. We have written about this, and our coverage of the latest Employment Situation Report for March can be seen here:<a class="user" href="http://wallstreetgreek.blogspot.com/2010/04/holy-resurrection.html" rel="nofollow">http://wallstreetgreek.blogspot.com/2010/04/holy-r ...</a>Today we published this report on Weekly Jobless Claims, which are sticking stubbornly high - due, we believe, to layoff activity in the small business segment, despite government efforts to stymie that with hiring tax incentives. See that article here:<a class="user" href="http://wallstreetgreek.blogspot.com/2010/04/weekly-jobless-claims-april-3-2010.html" rel="nofollow">http://wallstreetgreek.blogspot.com/2010/04/weekly ...</a>Best, "The Greek" of Wall Street Greek