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whatthehey

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3. Hopefully there is one silver lining to this cloud

Reply to ND-Dem (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:07 AM

Mar 2015

And that would be fewer idiots trying to pretend that people not receiving benefits are no longer counted as unemployed as a way to cook the books.

Only stopping looking for work means you stop being counted as unemployed. Benefits, which should certainly be extended as a matter of course, have nothing to do with inclusion as unemployed, as these sad data clearly show.

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Record % of unemployed workers without benefits (> 75% don't get UE) [View all] ND-Dem Mar 2015 OP

Clearly written. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #1

+1,000,000 ND-Dem Mar 2015 #2

Hopefully there is one silver lining to this cloud whatthehey Mar 2015 #3

kick ND-Dem Mar 2015 #4

The unintended (or intended) consequences of this is crime - who cares if you are starving? Hestia Mar 2015 #5

yes; it would be expected, if not strictly 'intended'. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #6