[lelio]

The number of American workers is at an all-time high of 138.5 million, a level never before attained in U.S. history.

In a related note: there's more people in the US than any other time in history. And what's the percentage of that 138M that's employed by the government? You can't throw that stat out in a vacuum.

[Peach]

5.6% unemployment currently.

Read - you'll find these stats aren't quite in a vacuem.

If you'd like links to some of the stats, go to Number 2 posting comment in the thread below:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1092602/posts