Gallup Poll: Nearly 20% unemployed/underemployed

[sofia]

I'll take Gallup's word over that of the Labor Department.

We are in a Depression...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/35535193

[jkr]

Count me in too...

[ctiger2]

http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2010/02/10/rich-people-still-have-jobs-poor-people-dont/

Rich people still have jobs, poor people don't

Bob Herbert's column in yesterday's New York Times pointed out that the unemployment crisis is not hitting all parts of the income spectrum equally. I was pretty stunned by the numbers, which go like this:

Range of incomes (by decile) Unemployment rate

$12,160 or less 30.8%
$12,160-$20,725 19.1%
$20,725-$29,680 19.7% 15.3%
$29,680-$39,000 12.2%
$39,000-$50,000 9.0%
$50,000-$63,000 7.8%
$63,000-$79,100 6.4%
$79,100-$100,500 5.0%
$100,150-$138,700 8.0% 4.0%
$138,700+ 3.2%

[nobody's_hero]

I believe we are witnessing what is perhaps the largest unintentional strike in the history of the U.S. The people just don't know it yet.

Maybe when it hits 50%, everyone should just quit so we can shut this b*)%h down and hit the reset button.

Maybe.