Originally Posted by nathanjizzle
why not just throw cats and dogs in that percentage to just to make it higher? since when did part time employment become unemployment. this is the exact reasons why i hate politics people like to twist facts and make false impressions. and then go into microsoft office, fill in a chart and think you have a point
The u6 numbers have value, but you just have to understand what rate you're considering.
The u6 numbers are always higher. That doesn't make them false. What is false is the idea that the the trend the u6 numbers show us radically diverges from the trend in the u3 numbers. The trends are moving pretty much in sync.