[ladyinred]

This just blew my husband and I away when they said this on the news! The liberal media is so afraid that a better economy, and lower unemployment rates will bode too well on President Bush, so they make this outrageous claim when they announce this!! They actually said that people just GAVE UP and quit looking! Can you believe the lengths this lying bunch will go to? What exactly does one do when one "gives up" on finding a job!

[Cold Heat]

I guess when the Job Service calls them with a interview appointment they tell them that they no longer need a job because their are none.

Then the Job Service counts the number of these statements and reports them to the Dept. of Labor.

LOL! Pull my finger!

[XBob]

55 - "What exactly does one do when one "gives up" on finding a job!"

One goes into sever clinical depression, and you lay on the sofa and vegitate.

[snopercod]

The Bureau of Labor statistics says "given up" this way:

Of the 1.6 million, 470,000 were discouraged workers who were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them.

The link is in [this post].

Keep in mind that this press release was based upon a survey, not actual tax receipt data.