tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post905645042174314454..comments2024-03-29T06:30:37.772-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Unemployment: more about the 'big lie'Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-40489853637027215042015-02-04T15:06:09.162-06:002015-02-04T15:06:09.162-06:00Perhaps the main reason the government continues t...Perhaps the main reason the government continues this fraud is because of the carter era cost of living adjustments built into most government benefit programs. Social Security, in particular, cannot afford to fund the benefit rises from an accurate measure of inflation. <br />This goes for many state level programs as well. They literally can't afford to tell the truth.Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826464928376433382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-19115773788832502582015-02-04T07:55:02.820-06:002015-02-04T07:55:02.820-06:00I have been out of work for 1 year and 8 months. H...I have been out of work for 1 year and 8 months. Have been looking everyday. and I mean everyday. sent resumes, phone calls, contacts-you name, I did it. Being 57 doesnt help. <br />30 years in telecommunications. central office work, wireless, etc. <br /><br />Recently offered a job at 13.00 bucks an hour. entry level installer. Guess what?<br />I took it. Trouble is that year and 8 months put us in the hole so deep I don't think we will ever recover.jwontheriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085330015176212794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-9606444259856385362015-02-04T05:34:34.096-06:002015-02-04T05:34:34.096-06:00Another line on the graph that would show where mo...Another line on the graph that would show where money is being sucked out of the system and has a direct effect on inflation and unemployment is the amount of goods and services that are purchased with government funds. This would include government purchases and entitlements to citizens. The government money makes things seem better than they are but it is really confiscated money that is pumped into the system and is really a negative unless you are buying votes.Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-17480623831369143622015-02-04T05:34:32.507-06:002015-02-04T05:34:32.507-06:00Two years ago, I was a full time health care worke...Two years ago, I was a full time health care worker. I had to switch careers to get part time work as a high school teacher. I make less than half of what I was making when I was full time.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-26081842457657705292015-02-04T04:57:24.242-06:002015-02-04T04:57:24.242-06:00One of the litmus tests for the next President wil...One of the litmus tests for the next President will be whether they start requiring government to tell the truth about our economic situation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80973420998704409012015-02-04T00:03:14.104-06:002015-02-04T00:03:14.104-06:00The Australian unemployment stats are arrived at i...The Australian unemployment stats are arrived at in an identical way, consequently, they are also a total lie, utterly fraudulent, and completely worthless.<br />Were I a business owner/operator here in Australia, and I furnished to the Government figures relating to my business arrived at by the same methodology the Government uses, I would very soon be incarcerated, and for a long time.<br /> Stuart Garfath. Sydney.noreply@blogger.com