[lbryce]

The statistics from the Labor Bureau that I tried posting showing unemployment over the past years using the urls provided didn't show up.

Surprising, with the economy going so well, unemployment practically not heard from. Here's another statistic for you. When SS began there were 144 workers for every recipient. Today you're go one and half workers covering that single recipient.

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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Series Id: LNS14000000 Seasonally Adjusted Series title: (Seas) Unemployment Rate Labor force status: Unemployment rate Type of data: Percent or rate Age: 16 years and over

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Mission Accomplished!”

*SPIT*

[dp0622]

Today you’re go one and half workers covering that single recipient. ...

that’s devastating.

you should see how food stamps are abused.

lost count of the number of drug addicts in my cab a few years ago who used it in very ingenious ways to get money.

[PGR88]

Another political time bomb arranged by Obama.

Imagine the outcry if this is reduced back to pre 2008 figures of 15 million?

[petercooper]

I am embarrassed to be an American, and watch all these freeloading sons of bitches get free stuff at every turn.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

The good news is that there were 50 straight months.

I kinda thought that last few months were rather quite gay.

[sodpoodle]

Starting point - there are 320 million US residents.
73 million under 18 (students, kids)
48 million retirees
20 million Govt. employees (Fed, State & local)
1.5 million military
93 million unemployed.

My math may be screwed - but it seems there are only 54 million adults working for private companies (or self employed).

Don’t know if illegal immigrants count in these figures I found under census info.

[nascarnation]

Add in 32 million kiddies on the Fed school breakfast and lunch programs, and that’s a lot of free grub.

You can see why their are a lot of chubby and even obese “poor” people.

[TBP]

Not enough to suit the liberals.