But the numbers themselves are stunning.
535,000 people quit looking for work in December. Just gave up.
92 million Americans are not in the labor force. A percentage not seen since the middle of the Carter Administration.
As for me I am still well underemployed by a certain big box retailer (no, not that one, yeah THAT one) working long hours at a job where the next person closest to my age doing the job is 16 years my junior. Good god I come home tired.
And keep in mind, with this latest extend the unemployment benefits kerfuffle, if benefits are not extended and these folks fall off the rolls because they have expired THEY WILL NO LONGER BE COUNTED AS UNEMPLOYED AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER WILL DROP FURTHER.
FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.
It's an Obamanation I tell you.
FUCK YER
HOPE AND CHANGE
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