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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 12:16 PM Original message |
Real Unemployment at 16.4% |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. True recovery will not occur, however, until Americans are fully employed.” |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Those lost jobs |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. when will the "private sector" step up? |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sounds realistic for a change. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. The true number. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. it would be helpful to know |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Doesn't Exist," "Bernanke Said Recession Is Over", "Recovery In Full Swing" "Banks Are Profitable" |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes yes, I know how it works with these people. The biggest and most scary number just must |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Aaaaaaaand They're HERE! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. u-6 isn't an "alternative measure of the labor force," it's a measure of unemployment & under- |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Hannah, What The Hell Are You Doing? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. ??? i missed that bit. but there sure are a lot of folks at du trying to convince me |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. The usual. U6 isn't real. The Recovery Is Here. The Recession is over. Things are on the mend. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. gotcha. yes, there's a lot of that. some new (to me) faces, too. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. What was U6 when the economy was doing fine. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. before 1994 u-5 was the "real" measure of ue - so bugger off with your silliness. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Blah. It isn't silliness. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. silliness. u-3 isn't comparable to most historical ue data for the reason |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. U-5 pre-1994 isn't comparable to U-5 today, it is comparable to U-3. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. think no one will call you on bs? |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Hmmmmm. Not sure how the "Happy Brigade" will counter that, but I'll give it a shot. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. some = shills/hired guns |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Absolutely. And I have noticed their increased presence on DU lately. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Maybe my personal favorite: |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. But don't you see Hannah? 9.4% Is GOOD and that means the Recession is easing, just like the TV |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. When was the Economy doing "Fine"? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. 9 line rant and you still didn't answer the question. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. why don't you go answer your own question & report back? |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Because He Can't, Won't and isn't interested in those numbers anyway. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Not at all. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:41 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. The Hostility is from the Insane Spin that so many on DU are tying to put on EVERYTHING |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I didn't say anything of that. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I wasn't aware I was your Monkey, Stat Boy. |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. I've seen figures that in Michigan the U=6 rate is 22.8% |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. The scary part is Michigan's unemployment hasn't peaked |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. not only that: it's the 11th yr of net job losses for the state. |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I've heard it referred to as |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Agreed, the crumbling process is still unfolding. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. Kick for the (re)education. |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. That was part of the Cheney/Bush deception. If you've exhausted your unemployment |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. K&R |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. Much more plausible. I remember being upset with Bush for changing |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. invisible people |
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