I am sorry you are upset, I am enjoying the suppressed price to add more physical to my position

 

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I am not upset I have zero invested in gold but just like to keep my eye on it.

Glad you are getting some joy from it... many people are hurting because they sold the family farm because Glenn Beck told them the U.S. govt was going to collapse.

I just warn you my friend... there is not reason that the gold bubble will not pop... like history has shown. Like the '80s

 

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Washington just dropped off the "high" list, and I suspect this is why. You are only counted if you keep filing a claim each week, after you exhaust your benefits.

 

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Actually, no. Unemployment rate is not determined by claims. Unless you are talking about the "high list" for unemployment benefits.


Who is counted as unemployed?

Persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work.

Workers expecting to be recalled from layoff are counted as unemployed, whether or not they have engaged in a specific jobseeking activity. In all other cases, the individual must have been engaged in at least one active job search activity in the 4 weeks preceding the interview and be available for work (except for temporary illness).

 

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Ive applied for 14 kitchen jobs in the last week alone. Every single restaurant/bar refused to even give out an application and would not accept an application due to over staffing for the NCAA tourney. They all said check back, in 2-3 months after they have been able to let some people go.

This is after the place i was currently working at let go of 75% of their staff 2 weeks before X-mas and used the "under new management" to get by paying unemployment. Not a single person has received a penny from unemployment from this incident.

Best part is, the bar went from 3 guys to 5 guys, one of the original 3 owners, still owns 51%, so they just added 2 more names and got around paying unemployment due to starting a new INC with a different name.

 

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lets also not lose sight that the unemployed are not actually COUNTED at all...a small percentage are polled.

 

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Someone doesn't understand sample sizes and margin of error... better not trust national statistics since almost none of them do a census-like count!

 

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It sure seems that so many here *want* the US to fail, especially when it comes to jobs and unemployment. My question to this trend is: Why? So you can point a finger of blame towards Pres. Obama? Democrats? Greedy corporations? Or do I have it all wrong and you just want the government to paint the "truest" picture of the unemployment facts?

 

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I was talking about the high list, like I stated in the beginning of my sentence. Do you get lost in your own bathroom?

 

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No. I guess I've never heard of the "high list". I thought you meant high on the unemployment rankings, since that was the topic.

 

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