Re: OT Sold It!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Miles" <nope@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> TBone wrote:
>
>> That 5% is a bull**** number.  It is based on the amount of people 
>> looking for employment that are on unemployment insurance.
>
> Wrong TBone.  Once again you've fallen for myths you've been told devoid

> of facts.  By far the number is derived mostly from labor force sample 
> surveys because they are far more accurate than unemployment insurance 
> figures or employment office stats.  Unemployment claims rank pretty low

> in figuring unemployment.  Why?  Because in order to compute
unemployment 
> you also have to figure the total work force.  Unemployment claims do
not 
> do that. Look it up before repeating a very well worn out myth.

Sorry Miles, but the one spouting myths and bull**** here is you.  I
looked 
this up on the gov sites.  Why don't you give it a try sometime.  They
make 
an initial *****sment of the total work force and the number of unemployed

from the national census and then the workforce number is maintained based

on birth rate, age of the work force, people that will actively look for 
employment, retirement age, and many of these are based on assumptions
that 
are no longer valid.  As for the unemployment figure, that is primarily 
figured on the number of people applying for unemployment insurance with
the 
now invalid assumption that most of them will find another job before or 
shortly after their insurance runs out and those that don't simply are no 
longer looking for work and are removed from the work force number. 
Another 
assumption is that most will be able to find a job and keep it long enough

to be eligible for unemployment insurance and that is also far less valid 
than it used to be.  You talk about labor force surveys which are complete

crap.  Who exactly do they go to and when?

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