Posted on 04/21/2022 3:23:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Applications for unemployment benefits inched down last week as the total number of Americans collecting aid fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years.
Jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 184,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which levels out week-to-week volatility, rose by 4,500 to 177,250.
About 1.42 million Americans were collecting traditional unemployment benefits in the week of April 9, the fewest since February 21, 1970.
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Well, DUH!
(not going into the weeds of this)
About 1.42 million Americans were collecting traditional unemployment benefits in the week of April 9, the fewest since February 21, 1970.
So how many are collecting non-traditional unemployment benefits?
I don’t have a Ferrari. Is there Ferrari-less aid?
How ‘bout monies for non americans of various forms including free services
Where are all of the workers who lost their jobs because of the pandemic and haven’t returned to work. Are they on some kind of a covid payroll??
here in craphole known as NY, if you were a healthcare fired because you refused to take the vax the dried up governor decreed you could not collect unemployment. Don’t know whatever became of that.
+1
They on Disability..! Dopers. You can't work if you're an addict.
Southern Ohio is covered wall to wall with all sorts of "Recovery" businesses...
huh? well they’re not working for all the ccp bioweapon destroyed small businesses.
Exactly. The covid handouts are much easier to get.
. . . traditional unemployment benefits . . .. You beat me to it, Steven Scharf. “Traditional unemployment” has bothersome strings attached, like you have to at least pretend you are looking for a job. But, there are lots of other scams available that require almost nothing. You have a headache, or your back hurts when you get out of bed in the morning? SSI’s a great option. Got kids? Claim they have learning disabilities for a couple of hundred extra in the pocket each month. ETC.
Unemployment numbers are skewed in such a way that nothing is real.
The number that matters is — what is the total workforce in raw numbers.
Figures lie, and liars figure.
If this government told me the sky was blue I would walk outside to look. If they said water was wet, or fire burned I would have to stick my hand in water or fire to verify it. They are liars. Everything they say is to be distrusted. I don’t believe this statistic any more than I believe masks work or Safe And Effective (trademark of liars).
Right???
The unemployment rates are determined by surveys. When Clinton was in office, he manipulated the rates by moving the surveys away from city centers.
My son is one of many, likely thousands of seasonal workers who were wrongfully categorized as terminated for absenteeism by his former employer. Lowe’s in this case, but I’m sure it’s a fun scam pulled by many big corporations who outsource their HR processes. It prevents workers from qualifying for benefits because on paper it looks like they “quit.”
Most of those seasonal workers don’t realize that they would qualify for unemployment if their employer was honest. The companies save on their insurance rates and the numbers look great to shareholders and the fawning press.
I’m looking into a class action lawsuit, because this is utter and complete corporate bullying.
Mere propaganda. They have given up looking for a job, so no unemployment benefits. There are other government benefits to keep them at home.
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