Romney Will Zero Out Unemployment By Ending Unemployment Insurance -----

[TheMastersNemesis]

because then you won't have to count something that no longer exists. The unemployment rate would be unknown or zero.

[russspeakeasy]

1. Genius I tells ya, Genius !

[Scootaloo]

2. "We don't do body counts"

Same philosophy, different targets

[jsr]

3. I wouldn't put it past him.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Twice the jobs at half the pay.

[Igel]

5. Perhaps.

If unemployment insurance had anything at all to do with how they count the unemployed or measure unemployment.

One thing it would do is compel people to take jobs that are a big step backwards on the economic ladder.