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To: 2ndDivisionVet

number of people collecting unemployment /. total number of citizens = current unemployment rate

I realize this is bs, as kids and old folks shouldn’t be counted in the total employable. yet, that’s what we have now

to get the actual unemployment rate:

number of people collecting unemployment / number of people filing w-2s

this won’t account for the number of people no longer working or those not filing, but it’d be closer then the numbers they’re reporting


6 posted on 07/18/2014 8:00:19 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten
...kids and old folks shouldn’t be counted in the total employable. yet, that’s what we have now

Not true.

15 posted on 07/19/2014 1:14:37 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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