Biz: More on the unemployment figures: Who wants a job, anyway?
- 6.4 million people not counted in the “labor force” want jobs now
- 8.9% the percentage of people the U.S. government says are unemployed, according to traditional figures which have been caressed with great care to look as good as possible
- 12.6% the percentage of people who the government says want a job, but are unable to get one – a number that includes, but extends BEYOND the unemployed source