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Bureau of Labor Statistics OFFICIAL Unemployment is at 16.5%! (link)

 
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Bureau of Labor Statistics OFFICIAL Unemployment is at 16.5%! (link)
Even the gov't is admitting this! Of course they low-ball it, so it is obviously even HIGHER!

[link to www.bls.gov]

I can't cut/paste it, as it's a chart...but just look at the last row and column to see the OFFICIAL number!
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Next few years are going to be fun.
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No kidding.

And with the new report... they are predicting 13% U-3 unemployment... meaning at least 20% U-6 and 30% real unemployment... if the dollar doesn't collapse...

If it does... TOTAL DOOM awaits us.
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Re: Bureau of Labor Statistics OFFICIAL Unemployment is at 16.5%! (link)
And that only counts the people actually collecting unemployment. The actual jobless rate is probably much higher.
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Re: Bureau of Labor Statistics OFFICIAL Unemployment is at 16.5%! (link)
That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.
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Its gonna get worse. Maybe alot worse. This is the time when most people are working. Come november and then january you're going to see a huge drop in employment. This could be the winter we start to see the unemployed without homes out in the streets in mass.
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Re: Bureau of Labor Statistics OFFICIAL Unemployment is at 16.5%! (link)
That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.
 Quoting: THE LIGHT 718240


Actually... Unemployment during the Depression was between 20-25% and things weren't so peachy...

If you haven't started preparing for whats coming, its almost too late...

This is the last growing season before the real shit hits...

Good luck.
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Re: Bureau of Labor Statistics OFFICIAL Unemployment is at 16.5%! (link)
That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.


Actually... Unemployment during the Depression was between 20-25% and things weren't so peachy...

If you haven't started preparing for whats coming, its almost too late...

This is the last growing season before the real shit hits...

Good luck.
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that was the company line last year.
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jobless recovery is the new mainstream shill talk.

what a joke, big banks earning billions with stolen money while people keep losing jobs.
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Re: Bureau of Labor Statistics OFFICIAL Unemployment is at 16.5%! (link)
Light:

Ok, believe what you want...

Do a little research and see what the REAL unemployment numbers are...

There's a firm in Boston who does independent research, and doesn't fudge the numbers like the Government does...

We're in a world of hurt...

The stock market crashed in 1929... The great depression started in 1931...

Get the picture?

We're not even feeling the pain yet.

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That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.
 Quoting: THE LIGHT 718240


Actually thats not right at all. Most folks don't work. Pensioners, retired, moms, children,

The statistics for unemployed are only on the ones offically looking for work at state employment offices. What is really happening is 50% or more of the unemployed who would like to work have given up.

MOst of the employed are government workers who really don't just take from those that do give something back to a community. So figure it out. The flushing toilet bowl swirl is speeding up but fast.

Only way the powers that be can get out of this is a plague or war. Which I"m sure they'll do.
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That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.
 Quoting: THE LIGHT 718240


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jobless recovery is the new mainstream shill talk.

what a joke, big banks earning billions with stolen money while people keep losing jobs.
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But they get food stamps and government shelter of some kind if they have children.

The rich are laughing all the way to the bank. They don't give a craap about the average person. Were just slaves to the elite. Thats why they call it the ivy league.
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No kidding.

And with the new report... they are predicting 13% U-3 unemployment... meaning at least 20% U-6 and 30% real unemployment... if the dollar doesn't collapse...

If it does... TOTAL DOOM awaits us.
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Second Degree Doom at it's finest, per the TimeTable of Doom.
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"I find it strange that stocks go up ostensibly on account of Meredith Whitney's bull call on Goldman and a handful other bailed-out financial firms. I find that strange not only because nothing really changed inside the vaults of these institutions -the level of toxicity remains , say, elevated-, but also because Whitney simultaneously provides the worst unemployment prediction emanating to date from a "serious" finance source: 15%. U3, that is. Which would, if you allow me the back on the envelope, take U6 to around 30%, and Shadowstats' alternate U6 likely between 35% and 40%. If Whitney's right, the US economy would fall into what can only be called a pitch black hole."

[link to snurl.com]
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That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.


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thats not true. 84% is very misleading. Most of those employed are government employed. And governemnt workers give nothing back. THey actually suuck the pot dry even faster.

Its all smoke and mirrors for the last decade or two. Interesting how the banksters are doing it. They know americans will do anything for the almighty dollar. Americans are bootlicking pigs. The elite are setting it up to scare the moron americans yet again and then use them in another war very probably.
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"I find it strange that stocks go up ostensibly on account of Meredith Whitney's bull call on Goldman and a handful other bailed-out financial firms. I find that strange not only because nothing really changed inside the vaults of these institutions -the level of toxicity remains , say, elevated-, but also because Whitney simultaneously provides the worst unemployment prediction emanating to date from a "serious" finance source: 15%. U3, that is. Which would, if you allow me the back on the envelope, take U6 to around 30%, and Shadowstats' alternate U6 likely between 35% and 40%. If Whitney's right, the US economy would fall into what can only be called a pitch black hole."

[link to snurl.com]
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Ask yourself. Goldman makes billions. And we all know they're cheating big time in doing it. Which means others are loosing. So are we better off. NO. Were just being sold down the river and the goldman sachs and a few others are taking over the usa even more.
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"I find it strange that stocks go up ostensibly on account of Meredith Whitney's bull call on Goldman and a handful other bailed-out financial firms. I find that strange not only because nothing really changed inside the vaults of these institutions -the level of toxicity remains , say, elevated-, but also because Whitney simultaneously provides the worst unemployment prediction emanating to date from a "serious" finance source: 15%. U3, that is. Which would, if you allow me the back on the envelope, take U6 to around 30%, and Shadowstats' alternate U6 likely between 35% and 40%. If Whitney's right, the US economy would fall into what can only be called a pitch black hole."

[link to snurl.com]


Ask yourself. Goldman makes billions. And we all know they're cheating big time in doing it. Which means others are loosing. So are we better off. NO. Were just being sold down the river and the goldman sachs and a few others are taking over the usa even more.
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70% of the volume in today's markets is from high-frequency program trading [link to snurl.com]

After a former Goldman Sachs employee was arrested by the FBI on federal charges for stealing software codes from Goldman's automated stock and commodities trading business, a story in Bloomberg indicated Goldman was concerned that there was a danger somebody who knew how to use their stolen program could use it to "manipulate markets in unfair ways". So how was Goldman using it?
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Re: Bureau of Labor Statistics OFFICIAL Unemployment is at 16.5%! (link)
That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.


thumbs


thats not true. 84% is very misleading. Most of those employed are government employed. And governemnt workers give nothing back. THey actually suuck the pot dry even faster.

Its all smoke and mirrors for the last decade or two. Interesting how the banksters are doing it. They know americans will do anything for the almighty dollar. Americans are bootlicking pigs. The elite are setting it up to scare the moron americans yet again and then use them in another war very probably.
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Don't gov't workers spend their money they earn from the gov't? Don't they pay property taxes, income taxes, sales tax? If so, they're giving it back.
"The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But can they suffer?" - Bentham
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poor NMC wont have any of his paycheck left after paying for all us deadbeats.
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shadowstats usually show about twice the official number.
that would put around 33% real unemployment.
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poor NMC wont have any of his paycheck left after paying for all us deadbeats.
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Exactly! You're finally getting it!

Oh well, I'm prepared IMMENSELY, for the hungry masses, like you, that'll be trying to beat down my door.

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LOTS HERE

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Re: Bureau of Labor Statistics OFFICIAL Unemployment is at 16.5%! (link)
That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.
 Quoting: THE LIGHT 718240


How is reporting the facts fearmongering?
Reality is scary but we need to face it then and change it.
Noah was a conspiracy theorist too, until it started raining.
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poor NMC wont have any of his paycheck left after paying for all us deadbeats.


Exactly! You're finally getting it!

Oh well, I'm prepared IMMENSELY, for the hungry masses, like you, that'll be trying to beat down my door.

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Do you really think that the jobs are out there and going unfilled while 20ish % of us sit on our asses and do nothing?
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Re: Bureau of Labor Statistics OFFICIAL Unemployment is at 16.5%! (link)
That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.


thumbs


thats not true. 84% is very misleading. Most of those employed are government employed. And governemnt workers give nothing back. THey actually suuck the pot dry even faster.

Its all smoke and mirrors for the last decade or two. Interesting how the banksters are doing it. They know americans will do anything for the almighty dollar. Americans are bootlicking pigs. The elite are setting it up to scare the moron americans yet again and then use them in another war very probably.


Don't gov't workers spend their money they earn from the gov't? Don't they pay property taxes, income taxes, sales tax? If so, they're giving it back.
 Quoting: NoMoreCages

Damn when I worked for the Government I had to pay all those taxes did I miss something? Maybe I should see if i can get it back since I paid. I wonder where my paycheck went if I did not spend it in my community?

One thing i loved hearing from people when I worked for the government is that they paid my wages. Well #1 if one persons tax paid mt wages they made alot more than I did obviously so I could give a shit less. And #2 it is kind of ironic that i could make the claim that I also paid my wages.
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sweet smell of doom or more bs...dunno
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That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.
 Quoting: THE LIGHT 718240


ah, nooooooooooo. bsflag
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That means at least 84% of the population ARE EMPLOYED.

this is just a down time things will get better.

stop fear mongering.
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Eat fucking shit, you shill.
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NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. OBAMA IS GOING TO SPEND MANY TRILLIONS AND WHEN HE'S DONE WE WILL BE SOOOOOO RICH!!!

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