JP5;
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Who cares if $3000 of my tax dollars is going toward their services. It's far better than having my entire portfolio drop way down
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This is why republicans shouldn’t be allowed access to large quantities of cash or sharp objects???
GO CATS GO!!!
If anyone learns anything on this site you owe it to yourself to read the rules and guidelines for the government “unemployment” statistics!
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_faq.htm#Ques5
Statistics that were originally designed, after the depression, to give the government, a general overview of areas in the US, that need assistance or have a problem with development, in the areas of creating jobs. What it has turned into is probably the most misinterpreted statistic used in today’s political arsenal.
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…since it is impractical (and unrealistic) to actually count every unemployed person each month, the Government conducts a monthly sample survey called the Current Population Survey (CPS) to measure the extent of unemployment in the country.
The CPS has been conducted in the United States every month since 1940 when it began as a Work Projects Administration project. It has been expanded and modified several times since then. (changed to fit the current leaderships agenda with the stroke of a pen!!)
After these statistics are obtained, they have to be interpreted properly so they can be used--together with other economic data--by policymakers in making decisions as to whether measures should be taken to influence the future course of the economy or to aid those affected by joblessness. (So if they are not interpreted correctly they can be misleading, and when included with other economic data, it can be easily manipulated! Interesting???)
All others not categorized as in the work force--those who have no job and are not looking for one--are counted as "not in the labor force." Many who do not participate in the labor force are going to school or are retired. Family responsibilities keep others out of the labor force. Still others have a physical or mental disability which prevents them from participating in labor force activities. (Also not included, “NO” able bodied individuals living off of the government, welfare, or that young adult, mooching off mom and dad and living in the garage, or the homeless!!!)
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…persons are counted only once (if you have 3 jobs, 2 of your jobs count for someone else??? Nothing misleading here???)
All persons who did at least 15 hours of unpaid work in a family-operated enterprise. (unpaid??? A job???)
The labor force, then, is not a fixed number of people. It increases with the long-term growth of the population, it responds to economic forces and social trends, and its size changes with the seasons. (Even after almost 70 years of this survey, nothing is foreseeable!!! NOTHING!!! Perhaps because it has been modified so much over the years it is no longer a useful measurement for anything other than political propaganda??? )
Statistics on insured unemployment (Unemployment insurance recipients) in the United States are collected as a byproduct of unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Workers who lose their jobs and are covered by these programs typically file claims which serve as notice that they are beginning a period of unemployment. Claimants who qualify for benefits are counted in the insured unemployment figures. (yet recently, last few years now, republicans have been counting folks who are no longer included in the system as insurance recipients, have been shuffled back into the equation as jobs created/job gains??? Just because someone runs out of benefits, that doesn’t necessarily mean they returned to employed status either???)
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Seems like that number would be considerably higher if we included, oh I don’t know, “all” the unemployed, not the created statistic the government (democrat or republican), choose to exploit and dictate as the truth???
JP5;
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You mean the poor people who are living off government subsidies, have a big-screen tv and their teenagers are wearing Nike shoes? Those people have no interest in the kinds of hard-working jobs the Mexican illegals are willing to do. They might miss their soap-operas.
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Yes as long as they have the freebees to fall back on they will continue to take advantage of the governments services, as do most of the illegals!!! If we eliminate the illegals then get hard on “ABLE BODIED RECIPIENTS” the government could still match jobs with welfare moochers and fill those positions with legal citizens, with the prospect of loosing their cash benefits to start with. The problem is that most will still depend on the government, for subsidies, but why have two sets of them to worry about, let's at least limit services to the legal ones!!!
It certainly isn’t the case that there are not any good ideas out there for this problem, it is the rich who are shuffling on this issue, and as JP5 eloquently stated above, she doesn’t give a crap about how this effects the life of the majority of average Americans, if it is bad for her portfolio, then it is not an option!! Once again the majority will take the back seat to the needs of the rich minority, cause in case you haven't been paying attention, that is the way it has always been done!!
