jc456
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holy crap, here let me write once more, since you agree with the numbers, the numbers are the numbers. so, again, it is what it is. Why is that so difficult for you?The U3 is the U3 and the U6 is the U6. The U3 is the official unemployment rate that everyone has been quoting for decades. Why should we change that now? Because it makes Obama look worse?but it is the number, just cause you wish to ignore it doesn't change it.The link that says the U6 is the real unemployment rate? That would be fine if we historically used the U6 number as the standard but we've been using the U3 for a very long time so the U3 it is.i posted that material earlier in the thread, go for the read. Go to search and put jc456 and this thread, then look for the link I posted.No it isn't unless you count the retired, students and stay at home parents who don't need to work as unemployed. Why would anyone count those groups of people as unemployed?but close to spot on if not. ~40% unemployed.