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To: Toddsterpatriot

Really, see the info below:

These data are not used to measure total unemployment because they exclude several important groups. To begin with, not all workers are covered by UI programs. For example, self-employed workers, unpaid family workers, workers in certain not-for-profit organizations, and several other small (primarily seasonal) worker categories are not covered. In addition, the insured unemployed exclude the following:

Unemployed workers who have exhausted their benefits
Unemployed workers who have not yet earned benefit rights (such as new entrants or reentrants to the labor force)
Disqualified workers whose unemployment is considered to have resulted from their own actions rather than from economic conditions; for example, a worker discharged for misconduct on the job
Otherwise eligible unemployed persons who do not file for benefits
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Um, care to think again. Sorry if pointing out your mistake with facts makes you sad.


230 posted on 10/07/2012 7:35:51 PM PDT by BizBroker (Democrats know nothing. If they knew that they knew nothing, that would be something. But they don't)
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To: BizBroker
Really, see the info below:

Thank you for listing all the reasons they don't use receiving unemployment benefits as the criteria for counting someone as jobless.

What was your point again?

231 posted on 10/07/2012 8:34:25 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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