US unemployment rate is around 18% or higher [View all]

according to any rational assessment. Peeps who r claiming benefits, peeps who have had their benefits stopped, peeps who have got part time work but want full time work. Peeps who have stopped looking cos the odds r hopeless.

It might be higher than 18%, quite a few statisticians think it 20 to 23%.

And it has been around 18% or higher for a number of yrs. Nowt to do with O. All to do with Bush. He caused economic chaos.

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US unemployment rate is around 18% or higher [View all]	Ian62	Feb 2012	OP
Nowt to do with O???	lamp_shade	Feb 2012	#1
Newt to do with O.	denem	Feb 2012	#2
Think poster meant "not" to do with O and I agree.	snappyturtle	Feb 2012	#3
Unless poster is from Yorkshire...	Ron Obvious	Feb 2012	#35
That's interesting....but I think it unlikely too. nt	snappyturtle	Feb 2012	#36
I know some peeps from Yorkshire. I got some long lost relatives there as well - recently found:)	Ian62	Feb 2012	#37
Spelling error	Orangepeel	Feb 2012	#38
Numbers this morning even included more people entering the market	Cant trust em	Feb 2012	#4
The devil is in the details.	former9thward	Feb 2012	#26
Realistic	Ian62	Feb 2012	#31
It's OKAY! Take a deep breath!	BillyV123	Feb 2012	#5
This morning its 8.3% based on standard calculations that have been used for decades.	DCBob	Feb 2012	#6
I tend to agree with you. I don't want to be a	snappyturtle	Feb 2012	#7
We need to do better.	KrazeeKrewe	Feb 2012	#8
Very convenient of you......	FrenchieCat	Feb 2012	#11
We can't ignore the unemployed & hurting in this country...	KrazeeKrewe	Feb 2012	#13
"You will be viewed as out of touch with the people." Compared to who? Gov. Dog-On-Roof?	Tarheel_Dem	Feb 2012	#33
I just looked at the U.S. Govt's Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report.	KrazeeKrewe	Feb 2012	#12
You can be sure that during Bush's terms.....	FrenchieCat	Feb 2012	#16
Funny - don't recall you saying December's seasonally adjusted rate was too high	dmallind	Feb 2012	#28
Sounds like you want to go back to the Bush/Cheney bogus economy.	DCBob	Feb 2012	#14
Bernanke Says 8.3% Unemployment Understates Weakness in U.S. Labor Market	KrazeeKrewe	Feb 2012	#29
Just to clarify	Ian62	Feb 2012	#9
Can't handle the good news?	MjolnirTime	Feb 2012	#10
Real stats and real info	Ian62	Feb 2012	#15
The "real" unemployment figures have always, always historically been much higher than	FrenchieCat	Feb 2012	#17
TY	Ian62	Feb 2012	#18
I will dig into the latest numbers when I have time	Ian62	Feb 2012	#19
This number released by BLS IS BASED ON HOUSEHOLD SURVEY.	phleshdef	Feb 2012	#20
Yep	Ian62	Feb 2012	#23
If that were so, it could be proven	treestar	Feb 2012	#21
Some of that is officially reported by BLS - but not headlined. Some peeps work other stuph as well.	Ian62	Feb 2012	#27
Those numbers are pretty much contained in the official BLS statistics	Ian62	Feb 2012	#46
Yes, Bush did cause economic chaos.	Grateful for Hope	Feb 2012	#22
Whatever it is (and neither you nor I know what it is), it's gotten better every year for last 3 yrs	Honeycombe8	Feb 2012	#24
Does the 'real' unemployment figure take into account people like both my husband	renie408	Feb 2012	#25
well that is a matter of opinion	Ian62	Feb 2012	#30
If you don't have solid numbers, why start a thread about it?	BklnDem75	Feb 2012	#32
"Real Unemployment" is all the rage on the right these days.	Tarheel_Dem	Feb 2012	#34
But I do have pretty good data - Unemployment stats and other economic data	Ian62	Feb 2012	#39
A conspiracy theory site...	BklnDem75	Feb 2012	#40
Huh?	Ian62	Feb 2012	#41
Your 'data' came after my post	BklnDem75	Feb 2012	#43
OK no probs - I had to dig out the link	Ian62	Feb 2012	#44
True: the real jobless rate is much higher than official measures indicate.	limpyhobbler	Feb 2012	#42
What is truth?	Ian62	Feb 2012	#45