[Sargun]

derp. I know other places like CNN and MSNCB have said stupid stuff before, but this is ridiculous.

[Dennis Von Bremen]

Wow... so half of the population is unemployed.

Suck it, Great Depression!

This post has been edited by Dennis Von Bremen: 04 October 2009 - 03:32 PM

[vgmmaster]

No wonder I can't find a job. Too much competition to fight against.

[Heyman]

That number is funny.

[Delta1212]

School age children, stay at home moms and the retired are unemployed! The economy is in ruins!

This post has been edited by Delta1212: 04 October 2009 - 03:55 PM

[theArrowheadian]

Is that like just under 1/2 the nation?

[ArgonV]

I assume it should be 14.9?

[Sargun]

ArgonV, on Oct 4 2009, 04:58 PM, said:

I assume it should be 14.9?

Absolutely not.

[ArgonV]

Oh, they're actually talking in terms of general population as opposed to the actual workforce? Way to put a spin on numbers...

This post has been edited by ArgonV: 04 October 2009 - 04:08 PM

[Delta1212]

The US population is a bit over 300 million, and the work force is a bit over 150 million. That means that there are about 149 million people without jobs, but that's if you include everyone in the country, such as infants, school children, the retired, etc.

[PrinceCaspian]

Delta1212, on Oct 4 2009, 10:10 PM, said:

The US population is a bit over 300 million, and the work force is a bit over 150 million. That means that there are about 149 million people without jobs, but that's if you include everyone in the country, such as infants, school children, the retired, etc.

Good catch.

Bad spin.

[Dennis Von Bremen]

Delta1212, on Oct 4 2009, 05:10 PM, said:

The US population is a bit over 300 million, and the work force is a bit over 150 million. That means that there are about 149 million people without jobs, but that's if you include everyone in the country, such as infants, school children, the retired, etc.

Do you really think that they meant this then? I thought that they just forgot a . and meant 14.9 million.

[Austin H]

hahaha that could be one of the stupidest things i've ever read. time to see what google can tell me...

[Sal Paradise]

Well, isn't that country fairly evenly split between Republicans and Democrats? If Fox News is calling 50% of population of the country unemployed, and by Fox's definition Democrats are not *real* Americans, then they are actually saying that nearly 100% of all Americans are unemployed.

A startling rebuke of Obammunism.

This post has been edited by Sal Paradise: 04 October 2009 - 04:20 PM

[Sargun]

Dennis Von Bremen, on Oct 4 2009, 05:12 PM, said:

Do you really think that they meant this then? I thought that they just forgot a . and meant 14.9 million.

Not even close to a typo. The unemployment rate as it stands and is currently calculated is 9.8%. Given a population of 300,000,000, that stands at 29.4M people. 14.9M unemployed would give just a 5% unemployment rate. 149M would give a rate of 49.7%. No matter how you look at it, it is more than "a typo".

/fark

This post has been edited by Sargun: 04 October 2009 - 04:20 PM

[Austin H]

Austin H, on Oct 4 2009, 03:15 PM, said:

hahaha that could be one of the stupidest things i've ever read. time to see what google can tell me...

look what i found! apparently Nancy Pelosi said something similar only a bit more ridiculous, and this can't be a typo, she said it.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=x8hMJVXt09E

[Sal Paradise]

Sargun, on Oct 4 2009, 03:19 PM, said:

The unemployment rate as it stands and is currently calculated is 9.8%. Given a population of 300,000,000, that stands at 29.4M people.

But is that 9.8% of the entire population? Or 9.8% of the workforce. And what about illegal immigrant labour working in your tomato fields and slaughterhouses?

[Sargun]

Sal Paradise, on Oct 4 2009, 05:22 PM, said:

Or 9.8% of the workforce. And what about illegal immigrant labour working in your tomato fields and slaughterhouses?

I have no idea how it works, there's a reason I said it came from Fark.

[PrinceCaspian]

Austin H, on Oct 4 2009, 11:21 PM, said:

look what i found! apparently Nancy Pelosi said something similar only a bit more ridiculous, and this can't be a typo, she said it.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=x8hMJVXt09E

LOL.

"Nancy Pelosi: Dumber than Soap"

[The Big Bad]

Fox has become the Jerry Springer of 24 hours news. While CNN and MSNBC spend thier day covering the lastest MJ revelation, Fox just puts on nut jobs and procaims whatever they say as news. I wish all 3 would go away.