The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest monthly report today. The October numbers women’s employment retreated just slightly from the record it set in September: 56,540,000 women over the age of 15 were unemployed.
Overall, 94,513,000 people in America were out of work during the month of October. This is the lowest it has been in 38 years; only 62.4% of Americans age 16 and above were either looking for work or working.
The Obama Administration still continues to tout the unemployment rate as being low — this month it was tabulated to be 5%. But the only reason it is low is because so many people HAVE given up working or even looking for work, which is accurately reflected in the labor participation rate. With fewer people being counted as “working,” the unemployment numbers calculated among a smaller pool of people makes the rate sound smaller.
But everyday Americans are not fooled by statistics.
A key component that was not mentioned in your article is the quality of the jobs that were accepted by the unemployed. Most people who are unemployed will take any job just to be able to pay for food and rent even though they are overqualified for that position. So if you factor in those people who are really “temps” or are not putting in normal 35 or 40 hour work weeks (Obamacare is causing employers to reduce the work week to escape its provisions) then the unemployment rate is considerably higher. But like everything else about the Obama administration, obfuscation, deceit and outright lying are a major part of their agenda to transform our nation.
Yes — agreed wholeheartedly!