[supercat]

They then redefined the "Chronically unemployed" horizon down to ONE YEAR.

BTW, a few months ago I remember the media proclaiming loudly that unemployment rates were at a recent high, largely ignoring the fact that employment rates were also at new highs. In other words, the reason more people appeared "unemployed" is that people started seeking work who hadn't done so in awhile. To my mind, that should be a good thing. Of course, the media just reported it as "high unemployment".

[FITZ]

The unemployment statistics are lies when they don't count all the unemployment like the chronic welfare users. Bush should put into place a new and honest way of reporting those numbers, all they need to do is report the percent of families and people with full time jobs & benefits, those working part-time & no benefits, those not working. Also report the reliance on government programs like WIC and Food stamps, CHIPS, when many work but "need" food stamps, the economy isn't that good.