I'm happy for you and your friends, sadly I know too many that are jobless andflat broke or are struggling just to make the basics.
BECAUSE once a person is no longer actively looking for a job and their unemployment has run out...they drop off the statistics of people unemployed. That is something that tells you how skewed the numbers really are, there are millions in that situation.
Also, when a person loses a full time job with benefits and collects unemployment, if they take a part time job they are considered employed, and no longer a statistic, again millions in that situation.
So anything our Government says about things are better or we are in good shape is a lie at best.
I believe I misread your comment, please excuse my post.