Pelosi: Unemployment would be 15 percent were it not for us. It IS 15%, you jackass! The only reason the U3 (“official”) number is 9% is because so many folks have given up LOOKING for a job and are not deemed part of the “official” labor force. But if we use the U6 number which counts these people, the current rate is over 15%.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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