Yo BO we need jobs

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Originally Posted by randallscott35

Unemployment, or the U-6 number is over 17% right now and probably even higher than that if you consider people who have fallen off the rolls. Puhleeze, you were the same clown in my tour de force econ thread who called me a gold bug 3 years ago.

good memory. i officially apologize. you're much deeper than i gave you credit for in that off the cuff shallow comment.

if you want to compare apples to apples we can discuss discouraged worker's and include them in whatever stats you want.

do you think unemployment (10% or 17%, your choice) would be higher, the same, or lower, had there not been massive government intervention in 2008/2009?