So like 92,369,000 of us over 16 years old are not in the work force....

2paranoid said:

Planned unemployment is a pillar of capitalism. Unemployment will never go away and it very likely wont go down for a very long time at this point. The jesters on TV and radio promising lower unemployment rates are liars.


Also, get a fucking job.

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Okallright said:

i can find more important issues to get angry at......paedophiles
much angrier now grrrr

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texasjack said:

are prisoners included?

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Incarceration in the United States of America is one of the main forms of punishment, rehabilitation, or both for the commission of felony and other offenses. The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world. At year-end 2009, it was 743 adults incarcerated per 100,000 population.[3][4][5][6][7]

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2,266,800 adults were incarcerated in U.S. federal and state prisons, and county jails at year-end 2011 – about 0.94% of adults in the U.S. resident population.[4] Additionally, 4,814,200 adults at year-end 2011 were on probation or on parole.[8] In total, 6,977,700 adults were under correctional supervision (probation, parole, jail, or prison) in 2011 – about 2.9% of adults in the U.S. resident population.[8] A 2014 report published by the National Research Council asserts that the prison population of the United States "is by far the largest in the world. Just under one-quarter of the world's prisoners are held in American prisons."[9]

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Sand4x105 said:

so of the ------92,000,000
locked up= 6,977,700
So.... 8% or so are locked up of those of us that do not work....

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ttystikk said:

Not exactly. They don't count on unemployment rolls but if you ask a member of a prison work gang, he will definitely believe he is working. I believe he is, too- and that also constitutes a crime. After all, if he's (or she's) incarcerated, do you really think they're getting fair value for their efforts?

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Sand4x105 said:

They may not count as Unemployed....
However they do count as part of the US so 2.5% or so, are lock up and also do not work, or count in the work force...
Good catch....
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Random thought... so out of the 100 or so friends that you had as a teen ....
2-3 of them are locked up, or on parole etc.... were the signs there as a youth ?

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Okallright said:

Too much thinking and numbers etc ... For me .???

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ttystikk said:

If you were only throwing your own freedom away, I wouldn't care. Since it's also MINE you're so casual about, I'm going to say something.

'Wake up!'

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ttystikk said:

If you were only throwing your own freedom away, I wouldn't care. Since it's also MINE you're so casual about, I'm going to say something.

'Wake up!'

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ttystikk said:

Not exactly. They don't count on unemployment rolls but if you ask a member of a prison work gang, he will definitely believe he is working. I believe he is, too- and that also constitutes a crime. After all, if he's (or she's) incarcerated, do you really think they're getting fair value for their efforts?

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Sand4x105 said:

320,000,000 + or - in the USA....

http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_USA_population_over_18_years_old

At the 2006 census there were approx... 250,000,000 + or - over the age of 16 in the USA....

A study just out:

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/record-92269000-not-labor-force-participation-rate-matches-36-year-low

there are 92,300,000 of us... that are not working or not in the work force any more....

Yes that is stay at home moms, students, doopers, gamers, laggers, loosers, retired, and homeless, [did I leave anyone out?]...add up to over one in three! 1 in 3 ! [That would be over 33% not employed, or ???]
So there is no need to feel strange any more... be proud if you can't find a job! 33 % of us can't or won't either !

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