While the United States Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its monthly report that joblessness is at 9.7% of the labor force. In truth that rate when part-time workers seeking full-time work, the jobless who have lost their “benefits,” and other the BLS does not count are included, the true jobless rate is around 21.7%,
[added 6/18/2021] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
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References:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_06042010.pdf
www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_06042010.pdf
Is The Bailout Going To Work, Or Is America Going To Descend Into The Depths of Economic Hell? by Bill Sardi
www.lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi174.html
Shadowstats.com.
www.shadowstats.com/