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bemildred

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18. It means we moved about 4.5% of the civilian population out of the workforce.

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2013, 02:15 PM

Jul 2013

And they have stayed there. And that means, among other things, a similar loss of tax revenue, and yet the deficit is declining.

So consider where we would be if that debacle had not occurred and those people still had good jobs ...

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Are you brave enough to deal with THE CHART? [View all] cthulu2016 Jul 2013 OP

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- cthulu2016 Jul 2013 #4

I'm brave enough. ananda Jul 2013 #2

Just that as we toss around the unemployment rate like a talking-point football, the cthulu2016 Jul 2013 #3

I think President Obama took steps that stopped the collapse in it's tracks, but ... dawg Jul 2013 #5

People have accepted the lower participation rate as the new normal. geek tragedy Jul 2013 #6

Are there widgets we need going unmade? Recursion Jul 2013 #10

The x axis runs over 5 percentage points. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #7

I noticed that, too. Chartery. MineralMan Jul 2013 #8

In this case the same scale would also equally exaggerate any rise in the numbers Fumesucker Jul 2013 #12

If you assume everything is propoganda... cthulu2016 Jul 2013 #11

The y-axis, you meant. n/t BlueCheese Jul 2013 #14

Krugman did address this kind of issue before. BlueCheese Jul 2013 #16

I can honestly claim consistency Recursion Jul 2013 #9

Would also like to see plotted: moondust Jul 2013 #13

What does it mean to me? That you're another right wing hack trying to take over the site. I've okaawhatever Jul 2013 #15

... sibelian Jul 2013 #17

It means we moved about 4.5% of the civilian population out of the workforce. bemildred Jul 2013 #18

I hate graphs with distorted scale Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #19