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applegrove

(118,663 posts) Sun Sep 23, 2012, 10:23 PM Sep 2012

Saw a super pac ad while watching 60 minutes. It said that the

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unemployment rate is 19% if you add in people who have given up looking and people who are underemployed. Underemployed? People have been underemployed in growing numbers for the last 30 years as good mid-level jobs got replaced by computers and by outsourcing. It is not a new trend. Are they counting people who were underemployed before 2009?

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Not to mention Control-Z Sep 2012 #1

I hope Obama has the funds to hit back directly at that 19% number and applegrove Sep 2012 #2

Control-Z

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1. Not to mention

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Mon Sep 24, 2012, 12:43 AM

Sep 2012

that a few baby boomers have dropped out of the work force (have given up looking) due to having retired. Actually, it has been more than a few if you compare it to the generations before.

applegrove

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2. I hope Obama has the funds to hit back directly at that 19% number and

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Mon Sep 24, 2012, 12:45 AM

Sep 2012

the trends that are part of trickle down economics for much, much longer than Obama has been in power.

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