Comments on: What Official Unemployment Numbers Tell Us…And Don’t Tell Us http://donklephant.com/2008/12/07/what-official-unemployment-numbers-tell-usand-dont-tell-us/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Justin Gardner - Political Pulse - Unemployment’s Hidden Numbers Reveal Weaker Economy - True/Slant http://donklephant.com/2008/12/07/what-official-unemployment-numbers-tell-usand-dont-tell-us/comment-page-1/#comment-512332 Justin Gardner - Political Pulse - Unemployment’s Hidden Numbers Reveal Weaker Economy - True/Slant Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:21:24 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11741#comment-512332 [...] been talking about this for a while now, and it’s encouraging to see some dead trees taking up the [...] [...] been talking about this for a while now, and it’s encouraging to see some dead trees taking up the [...]

]]> By: Mack http://donklephant.com/2008/12/07/what-official-unemployment-numbers-tell-usand-dont-tell-us/comment-page-1/#comment-434905 Mack Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:13:01 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11741#comment-434905 job security... job security…

]]> By: Mack http://donklephant.com/2008/12/07/what-official-unemployment-numbers-tell-usand-dont-tell-us/comment-page-1/#comment-434904 Mack Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:12:01 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11741#comment-434904 To this day I'm confused by the term "job safety" I guess that's why I'm self employed and growing... even in a bad economy. Several years ago I made a decision that I wasn't going to take it anymore, then took charge and responsibility. Just a rational thought... To this day I’m confused by the term “job safety”

I guess that’s why I’m self employed and growing…
even in a bad economy.

Several years ago I made a decision that I wasn’t
going to take it anymore, then took charge and
responsibility.

Just a rational thought…

]]> By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » Unemployment Filings Reach 573,000 Last Week http://donklephant.com/2008/12/07/what-official-unemployment-numbers-tell-usand-dont-tell-us/comment-page-1/#comment-430370 Donklephant » Blog Archive » Unemployment Filings Reach 573,000 Last Week Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:01:30 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11741#comment-430370 [...] can expect the unemployment numbers, which is a trailing indicator anyway, to start really as more and more companies find that access to funds is limited and so they begin [...] [...] can expect the unemployment numbers, which is a trailing indicator anyway, to start really as more and more companies find that access to funds is limited and so they begin [...]

]]> By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » Economy To Go From Bad To Worse? http://donklephant.com/2008/12/07/what-official-unemployment-numbers-tell-usand-dont-tell-us/comment-page-1/#comment-429994 Donklephant » Blog Archive » Economy To Go From Bad To Worse? Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:01:01 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11741#comment-429994 [...] already know that the underemployed rate (which is a FAR better indicator of employment) is at 12.5% and the economy is shedding jobs like only one other time in history. And it took the New Deal and [...] [...] already know that the underemployed rate (which is a FAR better indicator of employment) is at 12.5% and the economy is shedding jobs like only one other time in history. And it took the New Deal and [...]

]]> By: Uncle B http://donklephant.com/2008/12/07/what-official-unemployment-numbers-tell-usand-dont-tell-us/comment-page-1/#comment-429012 Uncle B Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:22:37 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11741#comment-429012 Mao's revenge - a self-regenerating army of country girls in their prime, manning Chinese factories for 55 cents an hour, and working 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week, sleeping on in factory mats in 3'x6' spaces, pooping in slot toilets, and eating at in factory dorms, who return to the peasant farms whence they came when burned out, to die an early and convenient death, pensionless and no economic burden to anyone. Have been taught by GM to build Buick LeSabres and Chevette like "Chery" cars! The docks in Shanghai are filling with these cars as we speak, and no matter how good the car deal is with the U.S. government, it will be used to phase out the American car worker and replace him by importing Chinese cars! The shareholders will overrule and make unbelievable profits! The smaller Eco-box is rumored to be sold at WalMarts for $6000.00 a copy, undercutting all other makes and models to dominate the market! Do not "Dream In Color", this is the new reality in America! We have been sold out by the neo cons and George W Bush! Complete factories lock, stock and barrel, right down to the machinery on the floor, and complete with technicians notes, patent rights and shop procedures have been retailed to Asian countries, by the Uber-rich, for a fast buck! We with our high infrastructure costs cannot work for less than about $18.00 hour! In Asian countries, where very few infrastructure laws exist, a comfortable living is possible at $1.50 hour, and in communist countries, a slave labor wage with no benefits, not even running water in your peasant village retirement life, is considered a luxury! The American working class has been sold out by the Uber-rich, who no longer need them, and can purchase all the goods they want, manufactured in Asia for much less ! A sad but true reflection on Capitalism and current circumstances, isn't it! Wake Up America, Last Call! Last Call! Mao’s revenge – a self-regenerating army of country girls in their prime, manning Chinese factories for 55 cents an hour, and working 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week, sleeping on in factory mats in 3′x6′ spaces, pooping in slot toilets, and eating at in factory dorms, who return to the peasant farms whence they came when burned out, to die an early and convenient death, pensionless and no economic burden to anyone. Have been taught by GM to build Buick LeSabres and Chevette like “Chery” cars! The docks in Shanghai are filling with these cars as we speak, and no matter how good the car deal is with the U.S. government, it will be used to phase out the American car worker and replace him by importing Chinese cars! The shareholders will overrule and make unbelievable profits! The smaller Eco-box is rumored to be sold at WalMarts for $6000.00 a copy, undercutting all other makes and models to dominate the market! Do not “Dream In Color”, this is the new reality in America! We have been sold out by the neo cons and George W Bush! Complete factories lock, stock and barrel, right down to the machinery on the floor, and complete with technicians notes, patent rights and shop procedures have been retailed to Asian countries, by the Uber-rich, for a fast buck! We with our high infrastructure costs cannot work for less than about $18.00 hour! In Asian countries, where very few infrastructure laws exist, a comfortable living is possible at $1.50 hour, and in communist countries, a slave labor wage with no benefits, not even running water in your peasant village retirement life, is considered a luxury! The American working class has been sold out by the Uber-rich, who no longer need them, and can purchase all the goods they want, manufactured in Asia for much less ! A sad but true reflection on Capitalism and current circumstances, isn’t it! Wake Up America, Last Call! Last Call!

]]> By: Gary McCarty http://donklephant.com/2008/12/07/what-official-unemployment-numbers-tell-usand-dont-tell-us/comment-page-1/#comment-428599 Gary McCarty Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:14:46 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11741#comment-428599 Good stuff on this U6 chart (all new to me), but it's showing just a 3-percent decline. It looks more drastic because the scale on the left goes only from 61 percent to 65 percent. Still, this is pretty enlightening. Good stuff on this U6 chart (all new to me), but it’s showing just a 3-percent decline. It looks more drastic because the scale on the left goes only from 61 percent to 65 percent. Still, this is pretty enlightening.

]]> By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » How Official Economic Numbers Have Deceived Us http://donklephant.com/2008/12/07/what-official-unemployment-numbers-tell-usand-dont-tell-us/comment-page-1/#comment-428182 Donklephant » Blog Archive » How Official Economic Numbers Have Deceived Us Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:01:21 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=11741#comment-428182 [...] up on my post earlier today about the difference between unemployment and underemployment, in May of this year Harper’s Kevin Phillips wrote about how we’ve been lied to about [...] [...] up on my post earlier today about the difference between unemployment and underemployment, in May of this year Harper’s Kevin Phillips wrote about how we’ve been lied to about [...]

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