[rockinqsranch]

Pretty much everything went to “H” after the Democrats arrived in force in Congress in 2007. Then Obama in January of 2009, and then it was “Katie bar the door”.

We’re being run over by a criminal organization as I see it.

[New Jersey Realist]

If they did this honestly they would use the following formula. Total number of Americans, minus those under 18 or in school, minus those retired or getting pensions, SSI, etc; minus those filing income taxes. The rest must be unemployed. Sounds simple but I can see why politicians would hate it.

[aruanan]

Record 87,897,000 Americans Not in the Labor Force

311,591,917 (U.S. population roughly)
-23,395,287 (age 65 and over: male 17,745,363/female 23,377,542)
-62,889,723(age under 14: male 32,107,900/female 30,781,823)

86,285,010 not in workforce because they're under 15 or over 64. And that was using 2011 numbers. This record number not in the labor force doesn't mean that these are people who would otherwise be working. It is simply all those, for whatever reason, who are not.

[television is just wrong]

yes, I know, still looking and NO JOBS out there.

[itsahoot]

if 87,897,000.= 19.1% then the total work force is about 5 times 87,897,000 or 439 485 000, the total population is no where near that number, so where do those figures come from?

[P.O.E.]

http://mediamatters.org/research/201204090014

Conservative Media Promote Deceptive Unemployment Talking Point