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GOP Sen. Sessions Says It's "Appropriate to Discuss" Trump's Muslim Ban

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dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸12/10/2015 4:51:02 pm PST

re: #344 Kid A

From your link. These morons:
“The government reports that a record 94.4 million Americans are not in the labor force. That is almost a third of the country. How can the same government declare that the official unemployment rate is only 5 percent?”

Uh, the fact that the majority of the people in the number you cite are in high school or are retired?

yup

Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or both, October 2015

ss 56,653,000
ssi 5,570,000

ssa.gov

americans 15 to 19 years : 22,040,343

factfinder.census.gov

what is the lower age limit on americans not in the labor force?