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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 969782" data-attributes="member: 12952">Food for thought.......[h=1]Democrats Could Lower Unemployment To 4.3% By Election Day If They&#039;d Just Quit Looking For Work[/h]So, here’s how unemployment Democrats can do their part to reduce the&nbsp;&nbsp; unemployment rate and help Obama win reelection (all other things&nbsp;&nbsp; remaining equal):&nbsp;<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">12,500,000 people were counted as unemployed by the BLS out of a labor force of 154,365,000</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">This yields an unemployment rate of 8.1%.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">47% of people are Democrats (including what Gallup calls “leaners”),</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">12,500,000 X 47% = 5,875,000 “unemployed” Democrats</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">12,500,000 unemployed – 5,875,000 unemployed Democrat drop-outs = 6,625,000 unemployed</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">6,625,000 divided by 154,365,000 = 4.3% unemployment if all unemployed Democrats gave up looking for work</li>
</ol>Thus, if Democrats remove themselves from the workforce, even though&nbsp; they are&nbsp; still technically unemployed (and no longer earning money to&nbsp; spend in&nbsp; our economy), the unemployment rate decreases.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 969782, member: 12952"] Food for thought....... [h=1]Democrats Could Lower Unemployment To 4.3% By Election Day If They'd Just Quit Looking For Work[/h] So, here’s how unemployment Democrats can do their part to reduce the unemployment rate and help Obama win reelection (all other things remaining equal): [LIST=1] [*]12,500,000 people were counted as unemployed by the BLS out of a labor force of 154,365,000 [*]This yields an unemployment rate of 8.1%. [*]47% of people are Democrats (including what Gallup calls “leaners”), [*]12,500,000 X 47% = 5,875,000 “unemployed” Democrats [*]12,500,000 unemployed – 5,875,000 unemployed Democrat drop-outs = 6,625,000 unemployed [*]6,625,000 divided by 154,365,000 = 4.3% unemployment if all unemployed Democrats gave up looking for work [/LIST] Thus, if Democrats remove themselves from the workforce, even though they are still technically unemployed (and no longer earning money to spend in our economy), the unemployment rate decreases. [/QUOTE]

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