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by discardorama 3472 days ago
People on SSDI are not counted as "unemployed", IIRC. Which makes the actual unemployment rate much higher.
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stuckagain 3472 days ago
Retired people and children are also not counted because they're not part of the labor force. Why would you count people who can't work as unemployed?
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