[ale] Off topic - And now, Arizona

[wolf at wolfhalton.info (wolf at wolfhalton.info)]

Reduce the military budget by 15% - we will still be bigger than the
next 5 combined.
Quit the military adventures in oil country - or send only the children
of congress-people and senators...

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] Off topic - And now, Arizona
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:02:41 -0400



On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com>
wrote:

        On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Jim Kinney
        <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
        <snip>
        > We have nearly 10% unemployment. That sounds
        > scary. We have better than 90% employment. That's great!
        
        
        90% of what?


if 10% is unemployed the rest must be employed or not looking. 

Yes it's wildly inaccurate. I was trying for a "see the bigger picture"
process. The assumption is "of the people wanting to work, nearly 10%
are unemployed so the other 90% must be employed".

I'm well aware of the numbers that aren't visible, people who are no
longer eligible for unemployment are no longer counted as
"unemployed" (I think).

I 
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