Originally Posted by TheDoc

The real % has been up around 20% for like 20 years. I wouldn't be surprised if it was higher than that.

The numbers that say 8% are only counting active claims. Once a person drops off unemployment and still doesn't have a job, they aren't part of that percentage - even though they have no job.


So right now we have like 8-10% 'CLAIMS' for unemployment. It has always been about double for the real number.


Things are bad, but they have been far worse.