Does he not understand its 8.9%? the goverment says so, so it must be true, Right????
Sarc Alert!!!!
Here is what you coud've fond even in Wikipedia:
"alternate measures of unemployment, U1 through U6, that measure different aspects of unemployment:[72]
U1: Percentage of labour force unemployed 15 weeks or longer.
U2: Percentage of labour force who lost jobs or completed temporary work.
U3: Official unemployment rate per the ILO definition occurs when people are without jobs and they have actively looked for work within the past four weeks.[2]
U4: U3 + "discouraged workers", or those who have stopped looking for work because current economic conditions make them believe that no work is available for them.
U5: U4 + other "marginally attached workers", or "loosely attached workers", or those who "would like" and are able to work, but have not looked for work recently.
U6: U5 + Part time workers who want to work full time, but cannot due to economic reasons (underemployment)."
You can continue now with your sarcasm.