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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:21 AM Original message |
Unemployment Deception |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. Fuzzy math? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not to be rude, but |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Explanation |
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laheina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 03:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Right. |
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NoFederales (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Do you have statistics on other reclassification chicanery like |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Other Statistical Chicanery |
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Sawber1000 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
58. Actually |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Older Workers |
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guidod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. The Seahawks kick ass... |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. But Dell just announced that it will be hiring 5,000 new employees... |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I agree |
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laheina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 03:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Or that any new jobs |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is the number we can never know |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. Beautiful job! |
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American liberal (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. thank you very much... |
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banana republican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. they have been lying for several years now. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. Yes, for like 30 years now |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. I will be one more added to the rolls in about two weeks |
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Free the Press (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. Be advised, Corporations ARE hiring a lot now too. |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Corporations |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. Don't forget - the "not seasonally adjusted" data are seasonally adjusted |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. Every month they float this outrageous LIE about unemployment. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. We can thank Reagan for the one-sided media reporting |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Yes he did, followed by 41 allowing foreign nationals to own US |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
64. Clinton too |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Exactly |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It's like taking all the small cards out of the deck, then showing ... |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. No of course not counting the unemployed doesn't make them |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 02:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Percentage Employed |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
17. 5.1% |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. my hubby and I are both "out of the labor force" and have been |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Are you both over 40? nt |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
62. Come down to the oil patch |
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TheUnspeakable (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
19. thanks so much for this! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. Other fudges |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Other Factors |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-04-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. You can't have it both ways... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That's just one category |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:03 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Adjustments |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Still more fudges |
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murdoch (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. "The" Unemployment rate is actually officially Unemployment Rate III |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. When expressing European unemployment using US methods |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. How about the other way? Using the european method to count |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. Thanks for the prison angle |
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guidod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. Greay thread, thanks! |
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cyberia (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
31. One note of caution: |
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mike923 (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. I think so... |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
32. You make it sound as though "not in the labor force" is a new idea |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 03:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Not In Labor Force |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 04:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I don't see it as abuse |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Employment to Population Ratio |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. You can find the employment to population ratio on Table A-1 |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 02:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Labor Force Participation Rate |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:44 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I agree with most of you said |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Structural vs. Cyclical |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. And it doesn't being to cover the UNDEREMPLOYMENT issues |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Underemployed |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 10:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Isn't this to be expected with more people getting older |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Nothing New |
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NoFederales (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. kick |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. Very Well Done my friend. |
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PsycheCC (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. Great Reading! Thanks for all the research. |
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jfern (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
46. I played around with making URLs |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
63. a few things |
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