Monday, March 12, 2012
Government at Work - Measuring Unemployment
Accepting the government's unemployment percentage as a worthwhile measurement serves us poorly.
We should be measuring the NUMBER of people working.
They're the ones that count, as they PAY taxes, rather than TAKE taxpayer's money in the form of entitlements.
Of course, elected officials, and the complicit media like it the way it is...
We should be measuring the NUMBER of people working.
They're the ones that count, as they PAY taxes, rather than TAKE taxpayer's money in the form of entitlements.
Of course, elected officials, and the complicit media like it the way it is...
AT DailyCaller.com, Neil Munro writes about the issue:
"If the BLS rules weren’t in place, the current unemployment rate would be somewhere around 11 percent, analysts say. The unemployment number would be as high as 15 percent if part-time workers seeking full-time employment were recognized in the unemployment rolls."
