Comments on: Behind the new jobless figures https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/03/behind-the-new-jobless-figures/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:09:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/03/behind-the-new-jobless-figures/#comment-11650 bowser Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:56:48 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9418#comment-11650 We agree. "Significant portion" leaves room for other pathologies, too. We agree. “Significant portion” leaves room for other pathologies, too.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/03/behind-the-new-jobless-figures/#comment-11648 ER Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:29:38 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9418#comment-11648 “So there is a significant proportion of unemployed people out there who are enduring foreclosure, lower standard of living, no health insurance and expiring unemployment insurance, just waiting for the salaries to rise on the jobs they will eventually take?” Not entirely, there are also those who actually prefer relying on the ever-diminishing pool of public assistance to getting a job or opening their own business. And this social pathology actually seems to be expanding and spreading. “So there is a significant proportion of unemployed people out there who are enduring foreclosure, lower standard of living, no health insurance and expiring unemployment insurance, just waiting for the salaries to rise on the jobs they will eventually take?”

Not entirely, there are also those who actually prefer relying on the ever-diminishing pool of public assistance to getting a job or opening their own business. And this social pathology actually seems to be expanding and spreading.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/03/behind-the-new-jobless-figures/#comment-11640 bowser Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:32:29 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=9418#comment-11640 So there is a significant proportion of unemployed people out there who are enduring foreclosure, lower standard of living, no health insurance and expiring unemployment insurance, just waiting for the salaries to rise on the jobs they will eventually take? Sort of like a strike by the unemployed? I can hear it now, husband to wife: "We've got 'em where we want 'em, dear. They're caving, all of them. They're gonna come crawling, just you wait and see." "Yes, my love, my protector, my provider, but the baby needs milk this morning and, dare I say, some protein this afternoon. She's losing weight." "This is a battle, dear, total war. We are all in it together, we will all suffer together, we will all win together. Another year, maybe two, and it will all seem worth it. It's not the money, honey, it's the principal. I'm waiting this out for my honor, our honor. Meantime, tell the kid to not get sick." That someone could say that is simply ridiculous. Moody Analytics, eh? So there is a significant proportion of unemployed people out there who are enduring foreclosure, lower standard of living, no health insurance and expiring unemployment insurance, just waiting for the salaries to rise on the jobs they will eventually take?

Sort of like a strike by the unemployed? I can hear it now, husband to wife:

“We’ve got ‘em where we want ‘em, dear. They’re caving, all of them. They’re gonna come crawling, just you wait and see.”

“Yes, my love, my protector, my provider, but the baby needs milk this morning and, dare I say, some protein this afternoon. She’s losing weight.”

“This is a battle, dear, total war. We are all in it together, we will all suffer together, we will all win together. Another year, maybe two, and it will all seem worth it. It’s not the money, honey, it’s the principal. I’m waiting this out for my honor, our honor. Meantime, tell the kid to not get sick.”

That someone could say that is simply ridiculous. Moody Analytics, eh?

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