Bernie is more right than the 'official' number, which does not take into account those who have been unemployed so long they no longer receive unemployment benefits and are no longer included in the numbers.
and ron paul and rush and peter Schiff and everyone else who says the number is higher.... the real question is why would the libs lie and say it's so low when all we gotta do is drive around town and see all the homeless and workless folks all over the streets??
The deal is both the Dems and Reps are ok with the unemployment numbers to be understated. They may not get re-elected if the public knew the real percentage.
are people really that big of zombies that they believe CNN and msnbc, when the truth is right in front of their eyes? yes, people are zombies.
Sanders is right, or at least he's right in saying 10% is a lot closer to the truth than 5%. The latter figure ignores people who have given up trying to find work for one reason or another. Another statistic that's relevant to this discussion is work force participation, which is at its lowest point in about half a century -- that's the percentage of people of working age who are employed or seeking employment. And of course people with part-time jobs skew the numbers, too.
54,666 posts and you finally got something right. Congratulations!
He's right, and he might even be understating it. The true unemployment number is rarely ever shown. Ol' Bernie. I tell ya.
Yeah, if you're comparing one time period to another, it's meaningless if you don't use the same criteria.
