Wake up People

    Posted by dylan398 on 9th of Feb 2009 at 11:52 am
    Title: Total unadjusted unemployment

    well not really sure what

    Posted by matt on 9th of Feb 2009 at 12:04 pm

    well not really sure what you mean there because your link didn't work, however yes unemployment numbers would be higher if they used the old calcuations from the 1980's, I think they changed the calculations in the early 90's or late 80's.  Unemployment would likely be over 10% with the old calculations

    Unemployment numbers should be doubled

    Posted by junkmaylbox on 9th of Feb 2009 at 01:22 pm

    Roger Wiegand uses the double of the official statistics to get the actual numbers. He posts on kitco.com, his postings are rather eye-opening.

    Unemployment

    Posted by PA on 9th of Feb 2009 at 12:11 pm

    The info is available here - http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

    Go to Table A-12. The "U6" line shows that using the old method, where people who stopped looking because they can't find work are still tracked, means total unemp. is realy 13.9%. This is right from the gov't.

    cool, thx.  Yep that is

    Posted by matt on 9th of Feb 2009 at 12:16 pm

    cool, thx.  Yep that is some scarry stuff and shows you how the gov maniputlates statistics for political reasons!

    one of my bigger fears

    Posted by dylan398 on 9th of Feb 2009 at 12:27 pm

    one of my bigger fears that the gov't has wasted a lot of time and resources trying to keep people in homes they should have never been in before...Now the recession is hitting high unemployment level which will push wage prices down which will create further pressure on home prices creating more problems..they can "cook the books" to try to quell the masses but you can only put so many fingers in the dyke...before she blows

    thats funny it works for

    Posted by dylan398 on 9th of Feb 2009 at 12:09 pm

    thats funny it works for me....its a chart that shown the unsdjusted unemplyment @ 15.4%...

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