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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (461763)	12/21/2020 1:12:25 PM
From: epicure	2 Recommendations Recommended By Alex MG M. Murray Respond to of 541785

Yeah- go figure. Being negative during a pandemic which, also, comes at a time of uniquely unqualified governance at the federal level AND talk of armed insurrection by uppity white folks. Why don't you worry about the fucking COUP in DC you complete moron. Please go away for a while. I don't want to ban you- but you seriously make me want to throw up. Please go quietly without talking about how you are partying or will be partying. There are families dealing with death and disability out there, and so many who are in fear of losing everything- or who have already lost everything. Maybe come back when Biden is president and we can all be a little more "optimistic" once that coup doesn't happen.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (461763)	12/21/2020 1:40:22 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541785

You'd believe any statistic produced by this Admin? Boy you are an optimist - or perhaps deluded. cnbc.com Since Reagan they have been "twiddling" with unemployment numbers. When you leave the military - you aren't "unemployed" - and no you don't get unemployment. That has been part of the lie since 1970's. Further, there are whole categories of "discouraged" workers that are not counted because they were removed from the workforce. People who would work if there were needs for their skills or if it weren't for their situation (child care, elder care, etc.) - which often there is not any other option. The true figure would have been larger still when accounting for people who dropped out of the labor force, economists said.Such individuals may have been discouraged from looking for work due to the lackluster state of the job market, or may not have been able to look for work because of health concerns or child-care duties, for example.This is important because the federal government doesn’t count people as being unemployed if they’re not in the labor force. To be counted as in the labor force, people must be available to work and actively looking for a job.“One of the things many people seem to have missed is, the unemployment rate doesn’t count people who aren’t looking for work,” said Michael Farren, an economist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University..