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Old 10-10-2008, 06:19 AM  
BlackCrayon
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Originally Posted by After Shock Media View Post
We do not calculate the stats the same. Wish we did but we do not. Both parties fuck with them in their own ways too. I am pretty sure right now if you do not have a job and no longer get an unemployment check, stat wise you are not unemployed anymore. (feel free to correct me, like anyone needs permission). Hell we have had over a year of consecutive job losses, and that does not even account for new people coming of age and entering the job market.
Yeah, I edited my post to point that out. If the unemployment rate was 25% in the middle of the great depression, I can only imagine the reality was probably more like 50%, if not more.
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