[1rudeboy]

I really don't see how anyone can be that stupid. There's just no way. I wonder if some old argument on an unrelated subject is being rehashed, here.

How is it even possible to confuse unemployment compensation with the labor force participation rate? Who honestly believes that the following two statements are in conflict?

unemployment compensation has nothing to do with the unemployment rate
the unemployment rate depends heavily on the labor participation rate

Would it be easier if I tried to explain that I'm not eligible for UI (I'm not), but if I lost my job I would be counted as unemployed as long as I'm looking for another?

[Toddsterpatriot]

I really don't see how anyone can be that stupid. There's just no way.

It's not easy, but he works at it.

[Toddsterpatriot]

If you go to the Department of Labor website, you can see that the April 7th, 2012 numbers show initial claims were 390,000 and continued claims were about 3,450,000 while total unemployed, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for April 2012 was 11,910,000.

Clearly over 8 million people are unemployed and not collecting unemployment.

Of course if facts could kill that meme, this wouldn't be the 100th thread you've had to try to correct the error.