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True Unemployment Rate Hits 23% ~ Highest Since Great Depression: Not The Obama Lie Of 7.6%

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John Williams’ ShadowStats charts the real unemployment rate by employing the methods the U.S. government used to use, before they became a political liability.

The seasonally-adjusted SGS Alternate Unemployment Rate reflects current unemployment reporting methodology adjusted for SGS-estimated long-term discouraged workers, who were defined out of official existence in 1994. That estimate is added to the BLS estimate of U-6 unemployment, which includes short-term discouraged workers.

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The U-3 unemployment rate is the monthly headline number. The U-6 unemployment rate is the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) broadest unemployment measure, including short-term discouraged and other marginally-attached workers as well as those forced to work part-time because they cannot find full-time employment.

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In conjunction with that news, please consider a report from the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee (TBAC), which warns that when the Fed stops quantitative easing the interest on the federal debt will more than quadruple from $205 billion a year to $855 billion. Can you say, “Financial Meltdown”, boys and girls?

Gee, I wonder what Paul “Subprime” Krugman and Henry “P.O.S.” Blodget think of this?

That TBAC members are Violent, Tea-Bagging Racists™, no doubt?

Hat tip: BadBlue Money.

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LIES JUST LIES!

DON’T TELL ME LIES DON’T MATTER!

TRUTH

WHAT ABOUT TRUTH?

“Unemployed” respondents [U3] are those within the under-employed group who are NOT employed, EVEN for ONE HOUR a week, but are available and looking for work, inside the 12 month only criteria. Conversely This Says If You Work At Least 1 Hour Per Week You Are Employed.

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Gallup

  1. The 86 million invisible unemployed


(Cryptogon) – Real Unemployment Calculation Act looks to force the government to stop using an unemployment rated that under-reports true unemployment by up to 50%.

Congressman Duncan Hunter is pushing to have the official US unemployment number changed to be a figure that accurately reflects the true number of unemployed Americans.

While most Americans don’t know it, the government actually produces 6 different unemployment statistics from U-1 to U6 currently range from (4.2% to 14.9%).

The government publishes “U-3″ as the official number which currently stands at 8.2% but that statistic is manipulated so much with ‘exclusions’ and ‘adjustments’ it doesn’t even begin to show a true picture of US unemployment.

Representative Hunter is pushing to change the “U-5″ number as the official unemployment statistic to because it includes, among other exclusion or adjustments, the 87 million people who the government considered to have dropped out of the labor force altogether because they haven’t been able to find a job in such a long time.

His legislation the ‘Real Unemployment Calculation Act’ — a legislative fix that would require the Department of Labor to get real about what it tells the American people’ is currently being debated in congress.

  • The Labor Force is the sum of all persons who have jobs plus all who are “officially” classified as “unemployed.”
  • The unemployment rate is computed by dividing the number of unemployed by the the labor force.
  • The labor force participation rate is the percentage of all working age adults who are officially counted as “in the labor force.”

Millions of Americans are no longer even counted as UNEMPLOYED – they are now destitute, because their unemployment benefits ran out without any jobs for them. 

OBAMA’S U3 REVOLVING DOOR.

HOW TO KEEP THE UNEMPLOYED NUMBER [U3] DOWN IN TIDE WITH THE DIMINISHING LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION SO AS TO BAMBOOZLE THE U.S. CITIZEN TO THINK ALL IS WELL AND NO ONE IS DRIFTING INTO THE DESTITUTION PHASE.

  1. If you work an hour/week your employed
  2. Moving you to welfare and off the U3. This is done by not requiring you to look for work and thus off the U3 ‘unemployment’ system. If your not looking, then your not reported, and thus the number lowers along with the declining Labor Force Participation Rate! Oh such an evil web of sin he spins!

Obama administration guts work requirements for Clinton-era welfare reform.

The landmark welfare reform law President Bill Clinton signed in 1996 helped move nearly 3 million families off the government dole — the result of federal work requirements that promoted greater self-reliance.

Yesterday the Obama administration gutted those federal work rules, ignoring the will of Congress by issuing a policy directive that allows the Department of Health and Human Services to waive the work requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

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10. Arizona

  • Underemployment rate: 16.6 percent.
  • Official unemployment rate: 8.7 percent (17th highest).
  • Gross domestic product: $227.1 billion (20th highest).
  • Income per capita: $35,875 (11th lowest).

The housing bust has taken a toll on Arizona, as 43.4 percent of houses have negative equity in them, the third-highest rate in the country. Housing prices fell a whopping 52.7 percent from the end of 2006 to the end of 2011, the biggest fall for any state in the U.S. except Nevada. More than 20 percent of the residents of the state are on Medicaid, the only state on this list to crack the top 10 in this statistic. However, underemployment is showing signs of improvement. The underemployment average for all of 2011 was 18 percent, where it was the sixth-highest rate in the country.

9. Washington

  • Underemployment rate: 17%.
  • Official unemployment rate: 8.7% (16th highest).
  • Gross domestic product: $310.9 billion (14th highest).
  • Income per capita: $44,294 (13th highest).

Washington’s unemployment rate is solidly above the June national unemployment rate of 8.2 percent, and, in addition, the state has plenty of people who have become discouraged, are marginally attached or are involuntarily working part-time. In fact, barely half of all underemployed people are counted as part of the official unemployment rate, the lowest rate among all the states on this list. The underemployment rate has been improving however, as the rate was 17.8 percent in 2011 as a whole, and 17.6 percent in the average between the second quarters of 2011 and 2012. Per capita income of $44,294 is the second-highest of the states on this list.

8. Florida

  • Underemployment rate: 17%.
  • Official unemployment rate: 9.2% (11th highest).
  • Gross domestic product: $661.1 billion (fourth highest).
  • Income per capita: $39,563 (24th lowest).

Like many of the states on this list, a bruised housing market led to the loss of jobs in the housing industry, leaving many Floridians in less than desirable employment positions. With housing prices cut nearly in half between the end of 2006 and the end of 2011, 45.1 percent of homes are underwater. GDP growth between 2010 and 2011 rose only 0.5 percent, the lowest rate on this list. The labor force out of work at least 15 weeks is 6.2 percent, tied for fourth highest of all states. The state has the highest percentage of people who are over 65, an age group that generally takes longer to find a new job following unemployment.

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7. South Carolina

  • Underemployment rate: 17%.
  • Official unemployment rate: 10% (fourth highest).
  • Gross domestic product: $143.3 billion (24th lowest).
  • Income per capita: $33,673 (fifth lowest).

The difference between the official unemployment rate and the underemployment rate, 7 percentage points, is the lowest difference of any state on this list. This means that the underemployed tend to be officially unemployed compared to other states. Fortunately, South Carolina’s housing market did not crash as hard as other states. Only 19 percent of homes are underwater, a far better percentage than places such as Nevada, Florida and Arizona. The 8.5 percent drop in housing prices between 2006 and 2011 was the lowest on the list. Yet with consumer spending the biggest factor in determining the strength of the economy, South Carolina’s income per capita of $33,673, the lowest on this list, may make it more difficult than other states to emerge from its economic struggles.

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6. Oregon

  • Underemployment rate: 17.4%.
  • Official unemployment rate: 9.1% (12th highest).
  • Gross domestic product : $186.2 billion (25th highest).
  • Income per capita: $37,909 (19th lowest).

While the unemployment rate fell slightly from the recorded rate of 9.2 percent, the underemployment rate has actually rose from 17.2 percent in the previous quarter. Oregon is the only state on this list to see an uptick in underemployment. Despite its high underemployment rate, Oregon’s economy did improve by some measures in 2011. Its 2011 gross domestic product rose by 4.7 percent, more than any state on this list and the second highest of all states measured. Also, the rate of people unemployed for 15 or more weeks is 4.7 percent, the lowest rate on this list.

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5. Michigan

  • Underemployment rate: 17.4%.
  • Official unemployment rate: 9.4% (ninth highest).
  • Gross domestic product: $337.4 billion (13th highest).
  • Income per capita: $36,533 (14th lowest).

When the U.S. automobile industry was on the brink of collapse several years ago, Michigan’s economy went into a downward spiral. Until June 2010, Michigan had the highest unemployment in the country, reaching 15.2 percent in the summer of 2009. While the situation has greatly improved since hitting rock bottom three years ago, the unemployment rate is still 1.2 percentage points above the national average. However, the underemployment situation has also shown improvement recently. Last quarter, 18.1 percent of people were considered underemployed, which was the fourth highest at the time. The drop of 0.7 percentage points is the biggest drop in underemployment of any state on this list.

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4. North Carolina

  • Underemployment rate: 17.5%.
  • Official unemployment rate: 9.8% (fifth highest).
  • Gross domestic product: $385.1 billion (ninth highest).
  • Income per capita: $36,164 (13th lowest).

North Carolina’s income per capita between 2010 and 2011 has grown at a rate of 3.31 percent, the lowest of any state on this list and the third lowest overall. Like its southern companion, North Carolina’s housing market has not been as battered as other states on this list. Housing prices between the end of 2006 and 2011 tumbled only 9.6 percent, lower than any state on this list other than South Carolina. Meanwhile, only 14.7 percent of mortgages are underwater in the state, less than any other state on this list. The poverty rate for North Carolina is 17.5 percent, the highest on the list except for its southern neighbor.

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3. Rhode Island

  • Underemployment rate: 18.9%.
  • Official unemployment rate: 11.2% (second highest).
  • Gross domestic product: $43.7 billion (sixth lowest).
  • Income per capita: $43,992 (16th highest).

Unlike neighboring states Massachusetts and Connecticut, which have underemployment rates of 13.5 percent and 14.5 percent, respectively, Rhode Island has an underemployment rate of 18.9 percent. The state’s heavy reliance on tourism is often considered a factor. The state has the second-highest percentage of people in the labor force who have been out of a job for more than 15 weeks, at 7 percent. Rhode Island is the only state where the underemployment rate for the end 2011, at 18.6 percent, was actually lower than the current moving average.

2. California

  • Underemployment rate: 20.3%.
  • Official unemployment rate: 11.2% (third highest).
  • Gross domestic product: $1,735.4 billion (highest).
  • Income per capita: $44,481 (12th highest).

California is one of only two states where more than a fifth of the labor force is underemployed. The state has the highest difference between the U6 and U5 percentage rates, indicating there are a higher percentage of people involuntarily working part-time than in any other state in the U.S. California has the sixth-highest percentage of homes underwater for all states, at 30.5 percent, and the 46.7 percent change in home prices between the end of 2006 and 2011 is the fourth-largest drop. Higher incomes could help boost consumer spending in the future, perhaps helping to bring down the underemployment rate. Income per capita for the state is $44,481, the highest of all of the states on this list.

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1. Nevada

  • Underemployment rate: 22.1%.
  • Official unemployment rate: 12.3% (highest).
  • Gross domestic product: $112.5 billion (19th lowest).
  • Income per capita: $38,173 (21st lowest).

Nevada’s highest-in-the-country unemployment rate does not provide an accurate portrayal of the job situation, as the underemployment rate is almost 10 percentage points higher than the official rate. The housing market has pummeled Nevada’s economy. Between the end of 2006 and end of 2011, housing values tumbled 59.9 percent, the sharpest decline of all 50 states. Now a whopping 61.2 percent of houses are underwater, the highest in the U.S. by more than 16 percentage points. As housing prices tanked, underemployment grew. The rate of job losers and people who have completed temporary jobs is 7.7 percent, higher than any state measured. Even as underemployment is falling, incomes are not rising particularly fast. Income per capita rose only 3.34 percent from 2010 to 2011, the second-lowest rate on this list, after North Carolina, and the fourth lowest overall.

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