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Old June 29th 08, 08:46 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default (OT) : DaviD - It Would Appear that You Missed the "L" in BLS andOnly Presented the "BS"



RHF wrote:

On Jun 29, 12:17 pm, Dave wrote:
RHF wrote:

- - (OT) : Billy Smith -defines- What Is A Job {Employment}
- - and What Ain't -aka- The US Military Is Un-Employed

To say that Members of the US Military Do Not Have Jobs
and are Un-Employed is Patently Wrong and a Lie [.] ~ RHF


(note use of term "civilian labor force")

- U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus
total
- employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the
civilian
- labor force plus all marginally attached workers.
-
- 2008 [May 2008] 9.4%

Dave D'OH ! which part of "Table A-12. Alternative Measures
of Labor Underutilization" and U-6 is only one of them.
Word One "Alternative" -versus- Actual Percent Un-Employed
Word Two "Underutilization" -versus- Actual Un-Employed

Here is the BLS 10 Year Numbers for Actual Un-Employment
http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/Surv...id=LNS14000000

Bureau of Labor Statistics & Current Population Survey (CPS)
http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm

(OT) : DaviD - It Would Appear that You Missed the "L"
in BLS and Only Presented the "BS" ~ RHF


He's just like 'Eduardo'.