[oldbrowser]

This is a good description of the unemployment problem from the employer's point of view.

[Vigilanteman]

Common sense, but try explaining it to the libtards which work in your organization. Fortunately, we have very few in ours, which is one reason our company remains relatively healthy in a sick economy.

Look around and see what your company offers which they don't have to-- matching contributions to 401Ks (even if capped at 2 to 5% of salary), coffee, lunch room supplies, even lower prices of snacks in your vending machine versus what is available to the general public. These are all clues that your company might be doing better than most.

You need to do your part to help management keep it that way by your own productivity, keeping unions out and keeping libtard employees at a bare minimum.

[Twotone]

What the brilliant libtards of the Portland (OR) City Council did...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/portland-city-council-votes-require-sick-leave-18724515

One company has already said they’ll move out of the city limits to get away from this. I’m sure more will simply go out of business.

[LucianOfSamasota]

would be much higher if so many people had not given up completely

Whether these people have given up completely is open to debate. That they are no longer counted in the 'unemployment rate' is a fact. Not reporting long term unemployment is certainly expedient for the ruling political class, who claim credit for 'reduced unemployment figures' after enough time has elapsed, whether actual unemployment is down or not.

This is why I prefer to look at the number of people employed, rather than the number of people categorized as 'unemployed'.

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000