The unemployment rate has lost all meaning other than as a propaganda tool. The labor force participation rate is far more meaningful and shows the continued spread of a dependency culture with the government fostering programs that encourage sloth in a hundred ways.
Personally, I am looking for my Jimma Carter sweater and turning down my thermostat so I can save the country from Al Gore. I have bought a new cookbook ‘101 Ways to Cook Beans’ and I figure it will come in handy very soon. Face facts folks, the Commies lie all the time. As the scorpion said to the rabbit, ‘Its just my nature.’