So , you are telling me the unemployment rate is over 9% ???????????
You better go lay down , ... maybe get a head x-ray.
but of course , post an outright lie and run for the hills.
I'll tell you it is. The U-3 number currently stands at 8.3 percent.
HOWEVER...
U-6 stands at 15 percent. Those are the U-3 number PLUS "discouraged" workers, plus those who are employed part-time who are seeking full-time employment. In February of 2008, that U-6 number stood at 9.0 percent (U-3 number was at 4.9 percent).
What you fail to consider, small-minded troll bait, is that DISCOURAGED workers are no longer counted in the U-3 numbers. Does that mean they're no less unemployed? No. That simply means for purposes of bean counting, if they're not drawing UE benefits and not actively seeking work, they simply "disappear". Take, for instance, the utilization percentage. In 2008, that number was at 66.0 percent. In February 2012, that number was 63.9 percent--in other words, over 2 percent (or nearly 3 million people) just "dropped off the radar", so to speak...and if they HAD been counted, unemployment would be closer to 11 percent, not 8.3 (and rising, according to the information I'm hearing.)
Ya see, scooter, Obama and the Dems have done a bang-up job of cooking the books to make shit look better than it is, but even then they can only stretch shit so far.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htmA few tidbits, if I may:
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was little
changed at 5.4 million in February. These individuals accounted for 42.6 percent of
the unemployed.
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred
to as involuntary part-time workers) was essentially unchanged at 8.1 million in
February.
In February, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose
by 3 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $23.31. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings
have increased by 1.9 percent.
Only problem is, gas has increased by nearly $1/gallon (and over $2/gallon since January 2009), food is up nearly 10 percent since last year, health insurance costs are up an average of 9 percent, and the list goes on....
In other words, your Dear Reader tells you what you think you want to hear, but the reality around you is quite different.