No one is employed anywhere anymore, as 533,000 joined the ranks of the great jobless in November, which is the most since 1974. The unemployment rate hit 6.7 nationally, which is a bunch, and is sad and I can’t really make fun of that.
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LOLFed » No More Big Ideas Out Of You // Dec 5, 2008 at 10:36 am
[...] one of the changes being made to streamline the network. As Jason posted this morning, Don will have a lot of company in the unemployment line. Portfolio goes on to say it’s OK, he should be used to it: But if Deutsch is feeling bummed [...]
CB // Dec 5, 2008 at 11:22 am
I read some extra-Christmas-cheery news in the NY Post today. Apparently, the unemployment numbers under-report the situation:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042008/business/its_time_to_end_monthly_employment_repor_142499.htm
IT’S TIME TO END MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT REPORT FRAUD – New York Post
Jason // Dec 5, 2008 at 11:28 am
I am shocked. SHOCKED, I say!
Of course, these numbers must also always be taken with the reminder that this only counts those people actually receiving unemployment benefits. Those who do not file, or whose benefits have run out, will not be included in the total – meaning well more than 6.7% of the workforce is being forced to not work.
Unemployment rate soars along with whiskey sales | Politics in the Zeros. Anti-war, global warming, peak oil, progressive politics // Dec 5, 2008 at 12:26 pm
[...] jobs report today was hideous, showing the steepest drop in employment in 34 years. Stunned workers are apparently taking solace in alcohol. Jack Daniels sales are [...]