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Onetime2- the # of unemployed has *nothing* to do with the argument raised here. Unemployed does not equal jobs available, just as it doesn't equal *jobless*.
Unemployed simply means folks who are considered "actively looking for work" that are jobless. If you fall off of the rolls of "actively looking for work", you're not counted any more. The unemployment numbers dip as people are shaved off the list of "actively looking". Just as the "quaterly growth" levels aren't as they seem- they're composites based on current growth, if growth remains at a steady rate over the entire quarter.
Don't let stats fool you. # of jobs, and type of jobs are the only stats you can rely on here.
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