Unemployment at 10.2% is only those who actively seek work. The actual rate of those who are unemployed is likely closer to 20%. 1 in every 5 working-age Americans is out of a job.

muppetpants:

(via notthatkindagay)

Remember when Obama said that we could stop unemployment from reaching double digits by spending $1 trillion?  Could you imagine going to a cobbler, having him tell you he could fix your shoes for $1000, and having the soles fall off shortly thereafter?

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  2. andrewtsks reblogged this from fireengines and added:
    What you’re seeing here is the discrepancy between the U3 measurement of unemployment, which is what the Bureau of Labor...
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  6. jennyyyy reblogged this from supplydemand and added:
    well i feel a lot less of a failure! haha.
  7. luckyshadow reblogged this from joemuto and added:
    Thank you, Joe. This is all turning into such a beat down.
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  10. hiitsbradd reblogged this from bethlehems and added:
    people who actively seek work. Figures don’t account...people who are out of work
  11. jonathan-cunningham reblogged this from poortaste and added:
    I like how the same people who are whining about people blaming Bush for the crash that his policies are directly...
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  14. bowlingalleylawyer reblogged this from joemuto and added:
    so how many years ya’ll planning on still riding the GWB train? I’ll give it to you now, but I’m gonna being pointing...
  15. notthatkindagay reblogged this from mogawa and added:
    Mogawa Somebody’s being unreasonable.
  16. mogawa reblogged this from muppetpants and added:
    Now is NOT the time...be graduating, Ms Ogawa. Now is just NOT
  17. moorewr reblogged this from muppetpants and added:
    In this case it’s more like...buy the $1000 shoes, but they’ve only accepted $50 from...
  18. rosasparks reblogged this from notthatkindagay
  19. joemuto reblogged this from bowlingalleylawyer and added:
    Yes, but unbeknownst the the new cobbler, the previous cobbler had been routinely taking a piss on the shoes for the...
  20. supplydemand reblogged this from bthny and added:
    also, check out how disproportionately affected young people are: from Generation Recession - The Nation. “In September,...
  21. shorterexcerpts reblogged this from motionsensorsoundtrack and added:
    Of course no major regulations have been imposed on Wall St. as a whole, and yet small businesses are still struggling...
  22. unsolicitedanalysis reblogged this from bowlingalleylawyer and added:
    Well, the sea of liquidity created by the stimulus package has inarguably created jobs in the near term. That is...
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  26. motionsensorsoundtrack reblogged this from bethlehems and added:
    funny thing, its not over yet…unemployment will continue...there will be more spending.
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