Unemployment rate 5 or 25%

[Horn]

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[Shami-Amourae]

With 95 million Americans out of work I'm sure it's only 5%.
:rolleyes:

[Ponce]

Shami? did you go to a Cuban school?.........nawwwwwwwwwwww, we are smarter than that.

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[mick silver]

the number in my state a lot higher then other states , a lot of coal miners have loss their job in the last year are so . last number I heard was around 10.000 coal jobs gone for now

[Ponce]

I would say that it is over 30%.

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[Horn]

I would say that it is over 30%.

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I only hear news of green shoots and additional building with hiring going on up there.

[Twisted Titan]

I would put it closer to 45%

No one can get a total tally on all the bread and circus programs for the unwashed masses

[gunDriller]

I would put it closer to 45%

No one can get a total tally on all the bread and circus programs for the unwashed masses

i think it's 20% to 25%, with all the government make-work programs like DHS, and Obama-care.


without the make-work programs, the unemployment rate would be significantly higher.

[Shami-Amourae]

It's 50%+. Everyone working for the government IS on welfare. They produce nothing and those jobs really aren't needed.

[mick silver]

so true ... so true s a