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kenny blankenship

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5. Yes We CAN ! (disappear the unemployed)

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri May 18, 2012, 10:34 AM

May 2012

Government stats are next to meaningless. The ones used for headlines, like U3 and CPI, are complete fabrications molded from bullshit and straw by political requirements and far removed from any reality.

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Where are the Missing Five Million Workers? [View all] xchrom May 2012 OP

k/r marmar May 2012 #1

I found about one million of them. JayhawkSD May 2012 #2

that would be me Viva_La_Revolution May 2012 #3

Been there, for 8 years, I remember the constant anxiety. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #8

A lot of is retirement DavidDvorkin May 2012 #4

Actually old people are growing in the workforce - from staying in longer kenny blankenship May 2012 #6

They're growing in the workforce because of the demographic bulge DavidDvorkin May 2012 #7

Yes We CAN ! (disappear the unemployed) kenny blankenship May 2012 #5

Statistics from this link: Why not brag? JOBS PER PRESIDENT Herlong May 2012 #9