Are You Unemployed?

by | Dec 14, 2009 | News

This is a pretty amusing parody on the flaws of BLS statistics, in this case how the unemployment rate statistics dramatically understate true unemployment. There are plenty of other BLS statistics that could use a reality check – like the numbers comparing union wages to non-union workers (a statistic repeated virtually every time unions talk about the advantages of unions). These statistics overstate the actual differences in wages and benefits for unionized workers by ignoring things like regional differences, actual earning (excluding things like union dues, layoffs, etc.) or length of service. Maybe we’ll have to work on our own parody…

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