that is an assumption not a fact

Post #416,620 by boxley 1/12/17 9:53:47 AM 1/12/17 9:53:47 AM Reply	that is an assumption not a fact The rest are retired, sick, disabled, running their households or going to school. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #416,621 by Another Scott 1/12/17 10:33:53 AM 1/12/17 10:33:53 AM Reply	Evidence, please?
Post #416,622 by boxley 1/12/17 11:18:46 AM 1/12/17 11:18:46 AM Reply	its your claim to prove, not mine You lifted a quote from the article. I know for a fact of 3 people not listed as looking for work but want to work. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #416,623 by Another Scott 1/12/17 11:20:43 AM 1/12/17 11:20:43 AM Reply	If they're looking for work, they're part of the "labor force". HTH. There aren't 90+M "unemployed", unless you twist the definition of what "unemployed" means. Cheers, Scott.
Post #416,624 by boxley 1/12/17 11:22:21 AM 1/12/17 11:29:47 AM Reply	nope, a definition of what the government calls unemployed is those collected unemployment benefits, or other work assistant subsidies. Those benefits run out and they are no longer counted. Also noted in the article you quoted is was that trump is wrong about california drought, according to officials http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Officials-More-than-40-percent-of-California-out-10852763.php?ipid=articlerecirc It's hard to say we have a drought here right now," said Jay Lund, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California at Davis, an area near Sacramento that was awash after its heaviest rain in 20 years. "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman Edited by boxley Jan. 12, 2017, 11:29:47 AM EST Expand All History
Post #416,627 by Another Scott 1/12/17 3:48:40 PM 1/12/17 3:48:40 PM Reply	We're going around in circles... There aren't 90+M people looking for work who can't find it. BLS: Labor Force Characteristics lists Discouraged Workers, Displaced Workers, etc., etc. BLS: Not in the Labor Force lists: Persons who are neither employed nor unemployed are not in the labor force. This category includes retired persons, students, those taking care of children or other family members, and others who are neither working nor seeking work. If you're arguing that the "real" number of unemployed is not 5.4M but some slightly higher number - fine, that argument can be made (and that's why there are lots of different measures of unemployment). But that number is not and cannot be 90+M. On your last, if 40% are not in drought that doesn't mean the other 60% is back to normal. ;-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #416,629 by drook 1/12/17 4:02:17 PM 1/12/17 4:02:26 PM Reply	"Out of drought" California's underground water reserves have been so depleted by extra pumping in the drought that they would take decades, at a minimum, to replenish, experts said. That's not out of the woods by any reasonable definition. -- Drew Edited by drook Jan. 12, 2017, 04:02:26 PM EST Expand All History

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