The Rabbi
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I'm not sure why you would use a definition nobody else uses. When anyone else, ESPECIALLY the government, talks about "Unemployment" they're talking about TOTAL unemployment.No one ever in this country has ever been no longer considered unemployed because they no longer collect benefits.
UI benefits have NEVER been part of the definition of Unemployed.
When you don't even know something that basic, what makes you think you can rationally comment on any other part?
Darlingheart, I'm referring only to the "under 8.3%" of people actually collecting unemployment (insurance checks), I'm not talking about the people who fell off the UI rolls.
No, dipshit. Frank is right. "Unemployment" refers to people on unemployment rolls, i.e. collecting checks. It does not count people who have given up looking for work or who have exhausted their unemployment benefits.
How the Government Measures UnemploymentPersons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work. Actively looking for work may consist of any of the following activities: