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Old 07-02-09, 10:54 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Re: Jobless rate hits 9.4 percent in May; layoffs slow

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Originally Posted by jaesun View Post
16.4%
Misleading number... (I know it isn't yours). I'm not currently working and I've turned down several contracts recently. So am I unemployed? What about large swaths of that 16.4% who are not receiving a paycheck who aren't looking for one. That runs from stay at home moms to trust fund babies to cocaine dealers making mint.

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If it goes longer than 2 or 3 weeks without a job or a good prospect of one, I'm going back to serving tables. At least then in the interim I'd be working 4 hour shifts and making $100 a day.
lol - told the wife I'd go back to tending bar if decent contracts didn;t start popping up. I've done it before while still holding a bar card no reason not to go back. $100/day... no problem.. in < 6 hrs.
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