Media is Lying to Us About Unemployment. Here's the Chart That Proves It.

I strongly feel that a major issue is also underemployment. Here in the UK at least it is a really huge problem but the politicians NEVER mention it.

How many of the 'new jobs' included in the statistics are one or more of the following:

- Minimum, or close to minimum wage
- Part-time only
- Temporary
- Apprenticeships
- Internships

The last two make me especially angry. The government classes you as 'employed' if you do either an apprenticeship or internship, but the truth is that both either only pay travel costs or pay way below the minimum wage (perfectly legally). This is all very well and good if there is a realistic chance of a proper job and career at the end of it, but that is not the case now. Big companies are being encouraged, by the government, to take on thousands of apprentices when they know full well there are only a handful of proper jobs available at the end - its just a way of keeping the unemployment figures down for the government and cheap labour for the companies. The same goes with internships - big city companies are now just exploiting interns as unpaid labour.

As others have pointed out, with older people working longer we need to add even more jobs than before just to provide for those leaving education - but its not happening.
Of course, this is a time-bomb if ever there was one. Because so many young people will be either unemployed or underemployed the welfare bill goes up and up, and tax receipts go down and down.

Not sure there is a simple solution to this. Its a problem with so many facets and contributing factors, but in a nutshell the older generations have been happy to ignore the obvious crisis in the making for years now, and they seem content to continue. One has to wonder if there is not an element of 'I'm alright Jack' to it; afterall the current generation of politicians and pensioners are not going to be around to have to deal with the fallout.

Look at the skyline of San Francisco these days. A crane on every other block, people begging for employees of all sorts. Like the .com boom all over, problem in some areas now is over heating, not recession.

Booms are great while they last, but the hang over sucks.

7.7% unemployment is what the Obama regime feeds to their bought and paid for Mainstream Media. This article contains the truth about it, complete with a chart that proves they are lying. Article here: [link to thedcpost.com]

OK, We all know the truth.

Instead of yapping on blogs What are we going to do about it!

This is the problem........everyone knows but nobody does anything or thinks someone else is handling it....yet the lies continue.

You want to stop this while you still can.......GET OFF YOUR ASS AND VOTE! (Yes it still matters but not for long)

VOTE OUT EVERY IDIOT IN OFFICE. Start voting for Common Folk. Never vote for anyone the Mainstream Media indorses.

This would be a great start and needs to be done NOW.

It will change the destructive course we are on.

its recovery

how can it be bullshit

Start from the first post on this thread and read all the others. Get educated.

its recovery

One thing you have to consider about unemployment is how many kids leave school each year and enter the job market?

I dont know what the actual figures are, but...

Lets say 500,000 kids leave school and college each year, that means 500,000 jobs and/or openings have to be created.

Thats in addition to covering lay offs, outsourcing and possible growth. Not to mention mothers wanting jobs because their kids are now at school, or semi retired people struggling with finances due to inflation etc.

The government could say we are creating 2 million jobs a year, but the truth is you might need that just to cover labour entering the workforce.

VOTE OUT EVERY IDIOT IN OFFICE. Start voting for Common Folk. Never vote for anyone the Mainstream Media indorses.

This would be a great start and needs to be done NOW.

It will change the destructive course we are on.

One thing you have to consider about unemployment is how many kids leave school each year and enter the job market?

I dont know what the actual figures are, but...

Lets say 500,000 kids leave school and college each year, that means 500,000 jobs and/or openings have to be created.

Thats in addition to covering lay offs, outsourcing and possible growth. Not to mention mothers wanting jobs because their kids are now at school, or semi retired people struggling with finances due to inflation etc.

The government could say we are creating 2 million jobs a year, but the truth is you might need that just to cover labour entering the workforce.

7.7% unemployment is what the Obama regime feeds to their bought and paid for Mainstream Media. This article contains the truth about it, complete with a chart that proves they are lying. Article here: [link to thedcpost.com]

This, and an array of other reasons.

Having said that. The numbers in the U.S. are skewed.

My biggest problem with unemployment figures from the U.S. is the fact that they don't count people who should be working, but aren't, and have given up on looking for one.

You also have to factor in immigration and an increasing population.