So who's really unemployed?

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We measure unemployment by the number of people receiving benefits, but that's not really a good indicator.

If you were or are a consultant, you don't qualify, and there's a lot of consultants out there. Not in the low-wage industries, but in the higher-wage industries (computer, financial, whatever).

If you owned your own business, you don't qualify.

As a President of a corporation, you don't qualify, and a corporation doesn't have to be General Motors. Any asshole can incorporate.

If you took a lesser-paying job (meaning "underemployed") you're off unemployment, but you ain't making what you did.

Unemployment doesn't last forever. If you exhaust your benefits, you're not on the unemployment rolls, but that doesn't mean you're employed.

So take the unemployment numbers and at least double them. Maybe triple them?