Unemployment statistics almost always = lies!
The preceding is perhaps one of the only "economic laws" I believe in.
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One of the reasons that the statistics quantifying unemployment have declined recently is:-
- simply that they have forced people on JSA (Job Seekers Allowance) to "sign up" for something called "New Deal".
Which means they come off the unemployment total but stay unemployed and continue to claim and receive exactly the same benefits.
The difference is that they spend ages looking through newspapers pretending to look for work. This situation applies to literally hundreds of thousands of people.
If they stop claiming JSA and become destitute the government's reply seems to be:
"Great - one less off the stats; and one less claiming; and we do not care what happens to them!".
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There are 8/9 million people who are "economically inactive".
What does that mean exactly? Are they unemployed?
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