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LonePirate (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 06:50 PM Original message |
Will killing the jobs bill lower the unemployment rate? |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes - folks who are not on Unemployment are not counted n/t |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. This is why some Economists say the real unemployment rate could |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Our metrics used in this country are ridiculous. They mask the real problems. The |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Carter was the last one to use a saner |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It's becoming quite sinister. Without sounding paranoid, there is a |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Are you paranoid or right? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Totally untrue |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know, but it will certainly raise the poverty rate. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. The poverty rate in this country is eventually going to be so high it will |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Are there no prisons? Are there no dumpsters? n.t. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The scoop dumpsters used in the movie Soylent Green come to mind. I'm sure |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Scrooge - 2010. n.t. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Excellent! n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Unemployment is calculated through a survey |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. No, it is counted separately. The statistics come from a population survey - |
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immune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, but they'll have more money to throw at the wars. |
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murdoch (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes it will |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yep, the ripple effect will be well felt. n/t |
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immune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. One of those ripple effects |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Sad, but quite true. n/t |
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The Hitman (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. Call me crazy but |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. I ignore the U3 and watch the U6 rate. |
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