The US Department of Labor makes it really hard to figure out how bad off the country is. Some facts/figures I find disturbing;
265,454 people were laid off (extended) in the 4th quarter 2007.
"Effective with the release of data for January 2005, BLS began publishing seasonally adjusted monthly MLS [Mass Layoff] series." (they don't clearly publish raw data anymore).
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
What happened in 2005 to warrant this? Oh yeah, Bush's "tax breaks" started tanking the economy! We have to make us here look good, see?
I asked them if they could provide totals on individuals receiving Unemployment and/or Welfare each month. I doubt we will ever see those figures, but damn if we won't pay for them and also bail out all the A-Holes who took out sub-prime mortgages.
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