To: Jeff Winston
That number is roughly 48%, which you can determine by taking those "eligible" to work between the ages of 18-65 (roughly 185,000,000 people) and divide 89,300,000 people by it.
That number of course doesn't separate out those who choose not to work outside the home (housewives, for example or stay at home dad's) or those disabled, or otherwise "not working by choice."
11 posted on
03/09/2013 8:37:28 AM PST by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: usconservative
Now if you take the general population, roughly 315,000,000 people, the number not working as a part of the population is about 28.3% - which would I think be closer to the actual unemployment rate, which under ANY OTHER PRESIDENT would account for the 8.5 million jobs lost since Obama took office that aren't coming back.
But that's just my opinion.
12 posted on
03/09/2013 8:39:29 AM PST by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: usconservative
There is the answer I am seeking
abd I believe it has always been the case
that for the BLS stats they use the metric of “ working age” which is 18-54
so yesterday when I read a IIRV Yahoo site report ti did say that the number of people who dropped out included people reaching retirment age, that didnt ring rue BUT it would make 0dumbo look better
thank you for posting that
facts don’t lie but 0dumbo and his minions do
13 posted on
03/09/2013 9:09:36 AM PST by
RWGinger
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