Comments | xi_o_teaz: Jobless rates

xi_o_teaz

Jobless rates

Jun 19, 2009 11:04

"After Michigan, the state with the second-highest jobless rate in May was Oregon at 12.4 percent, followed by Rhode Island and South Carolina at 12.1 percent each. California's was fourth-highest in the country." (emphasis mine ( Read more... )

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xi_o_teaz June 20 2009, 05:05:52 UTC

They also don't take into account people who are underemployed, as I was last time around (shortly after 9/11). But the majority of people are still employed ;-)

lupagreenwolf June 19 2009, 20:28:05 UTC

Well, no. 7 out of 8 people may be employed--or they may simply not be receiving benefits. Tay wouldn't be in that 1 of 8 counted as unemployed.

xi_o_teaz June 20 2009, 05:08:16 UTC

My point is that one of the things I tried to remind myself as I was unemployed oh-such-a-short-time-ago, is that the vast majority of people still are employed. It's easy to look at the "OMG it's at 13%!" rather than the "OMG 87% are still employed!"