[zeugma]

42% is a bit on the high side. YOu really do need to take into account things like full time mothers and whatnot. Just from personal observation, I'd put it closer to 25%-35% unemployment. Given the way welfare works, I doubt we'll ever see it below 15%, because there is a large segment of our population that simply is unable to actually hold a job. They've never had one, never wanted one, and never will.

Personally, I can't relate to that as I've had a job as full time as I could be since I was 10 years old, but definitely I see it. Even of the percentage of folks who are actually 'employed' at once job or another, what percent of those are just basically vampires sucking the life out our country, like bureaucrats, and other government leeches? Being extremely generous to the leeches, I'd tack on another 10-15% that is nothing but a drain on the productive citizens.

[SaveFerris]

It’s at least 35%. Just the numbers above show it. I accept the higher number because of underemployed who are not working jobs like they did in the 1990’s.