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Exactly. The other gotcha with US unemployment is that you need to add about 2% to compensate for the incredibly large number of people stuck in prisons, compar
by neffy 8y ago
Exactly. The other gotcha with US unemployment is that you need to add about 2% to compensate for the incredibly large number of people stuck in prisons, compared to other countries. Approximately 0.7% of the population is behind bars, and most of them are working age.
- notfromhere 8y agotheyre not unemployed because theyre not in the workforce
- turtlecloud 8y agoWell they should be counted. How many had to resort to crime because of no employment opportunities? That’s the real question and I would surmise that there is a percent greater than 0 that would not have stolen or robbed a bank if they had the given job opportunity. I have heard a bunch of people going into credit card stealing because it pays more than min wage.