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To: Skywatcher who wrote (20630)	6/20/2006 11:55:56 PM
From: tsigprofit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

"The U.S. government 'cooks the books'! Take the unemployment numbers... "1. 1.5 % of the working age population is incarcerated ! "2. Those fortunate enough to receive unemployment benefits are conveniently removed as job seekers after 6 months...In Europe it is 5 years in some cases! "3. Another 1% of available workers are in military uniform doing a service which is in not in demand by consumers... "4. Germany used to count (up to 03/2005) workers as unemployed who worked 15 hours/week or less. Most other nations went by ILO standard of 1 hour/week. "Seems to me the U.S. unemployment rate is as high and in some cases higher than some European nations! - from Daily Reckoning market commentary today