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PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts) Tue Jul 8, 2014, 05:22 PM Jul 2014

I am the uncounted [View all]

Unemployed for going on 2 1/2 years, exhausted all standard unemployment, extended benefits ended in Dec 2013. I have exhausted all of my personal savings and live day to day, month to month, not knowing if I can scrape out enough to keep the water/power on and the rent paid. No real job prospects; lots of resumes, job applications, smiling faces, and closing doors. I do not show up in any labor statistics and do not count toward the stated unemployment rate, though I do not work or have any prospects of work. There are 10s of millions of others just like me.

I am the uncounted.

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I am the uncounted [View all] PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 OP

And I just read somewhere today that you are a deadbeat and do this by choice randys1 Jul 2014 #1

I'm so sorry to hear this...... clarice Jul 2014 #2

sounds like my situation noiretextatique Jul 2014 #3

Make sure you mention where you live, and what you're looking for. jeff47 Jul 2014 #4

Houston is hiring like crazy.. nt clarice Jul 2014 #8

I am sorry for your plight. GentryDixon Jul 2014 #5

Very very nice . nt clarice Jul 2014 #9

I know how that is, my best wishes to you quinnox Jul 2014 #6

Just curious, how old are you ? 4139 Jul 2014 #7

I hope something really good turns up for you soon LiberalEsto Jul 2014 #10

I just read a little while ago LWolf Jul 2014 #11

Wolf...In your opinion...are the numbers miss-leading ? nt clarice Jul 2014 #12

Yes. LWolf Jul 2014 #15

I am uncounted as well.... KauaiK Jul 2014 #13

We must do for ourselves. DeSwiss Jul 2014 #14

I hope things turn around for you very soon. LoisB Jul 2014 #16

In my neck of the woods the jobs situation is pretty good bhikkhu Jul 2014 #17

Everybody, thank you. PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #18