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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:32 PM Original message |
89.8% Of Americans (Who Want Jobs) Are Employed |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Untrue |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You forgot |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No... that's not one of the problems. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh... You're a Nattering Nabob of Negativism |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. What many ignore are those who have put off retirement. These |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. True. IIRC, that's where we got Social Security |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Also you forgot that the ENTIRE military is counted as employed...... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Isn't that how it should be? |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The military was NEVER counted until Reagan needed to up the figures before the 1984 election |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm not sure where you got your information... |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Some people don't want to work. |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. And don't forget that "employment" is all that matters... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Depending on the measurement, that's correct. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Others exluded from consideration: |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. The actual figure is 82.5% once those people that have run out of benefits and still can't find work |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's not how it works |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. K&R. |
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