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Psionic Trader Free

01/27/14 4:11 PM

Post #125

Re: #124: @The_Pink_Lawyer - Who wants to get banned??? Step right up!!!!!!!!

The TPL is Bach!! Weeeee

The_Pink_Lawyer Free

01/27/14 4:09 PM

Post #124

Re: #117: @Psionic Trader - Banned! lol

Who wants to get banned??? Step right up!!!!!!!!

WillForeall Free

01/21/14 7:18 AM

Post #123

Re: #122: @$UPERMAN - BANNED!

Haha! Gm bud

$UPERMAN

01/21/14 1:52 AM

Post #122

Re: #120: @WillForeall - LMAO!!!!! :-D TOO FUNNY!!! PLEASE ADD ME TO

BANNED!

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/seeBans.aspx?boardid=22077

AliAngel

05/01/13 9:06 AM

Post #121

Re: #117: @Psionic Trader - Banned! lol

you all need shel to be a mod here lol she is good at month bans for sure.

WillForeall Free

04/30/13 10:23 PM

Post #120

LMAO!!!!! TOO FUNNY!!! PLEASE ADD ME TO THAT TOP BAN LIST WITH EXTRA REMOVAL ON IT!!!! PLZ!!! ROTF....

Aufklaerung Free

04/30/13 6:07 PM

Post #119

I DEMAND TO BE BANNED!

mvp_money

04/30/13 5:53 PM

Post #118

BAN ME RIGHT NOW

Psionic Trader Free

04/30/13 4:34 PM

Post #117

Re: #116: @Planopenny - weeee click link

Banned! lol

Planopenny Free

04/30/13 4:25 PM

Post #116

Re: #115: @Psionic Trader - BAN board needs more bans! lol

weeee click link
http://www.bizapedia.com/de/M-STOCKS-LLC.html

Psionic Trader Free

04/30/13 1:25 PM

Post #115

Re: #107: @The_Pink_Lawyer - Yeah they do but you still get BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BAN board needs more bans! lol

Vexari

04/21/13 8:30 PM

Post #114

Hiding the Unemployed: Disability and the Politics of Stats

APRIL 11, 2013 by WENDY MCELROY

Some statistics cannot be understood without setting them within a political framework because they reflect politics as much as or more than they do reality.

The unemployment rate is an example and a cautionary tale.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the official unemployment rate for last February fell to a four-year national low of 7.7 percent. While the White House cautiously congratulated itself, Republicans quickly pointed to what is often called the real unemployment rate; it stood at 14.3 percent.

The BLS looks at six categories of different data, from U-1 to U-6, to analyze employment every month. U-3 includes people who have been unemployed but who have actively looked for work during the past month; this is the official unemployment rate used by the media. U-6 contains data excluded from U-3, including part-time workers and the unemployed who have unsuccessfully looked for a job in the last year; this is the real unemployment rate.

Those politicians who want to take credit for lower unemployment thrust U-3 figures forward. Those who wish to deny them credit prefer U-6.

But matters may even be worse.

Now there is fresh reason to believe that even the 14.3 percent rate may be a considerable understatement.

The Disabled and the Unemployment Rate

National Public Radio (NPR) recently published the results of a six-month investigation by reporter Chana Joffe-Walt: “Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise in Disability in America.” Joffe-Walt uncovered what she called a “disability-industrial complex,” which spends more on disability payouts than on welfare and food stamps combined.

About a year ago, the New York Post reported that “more than 10.5 million individuals” received disability each month, and the reserves would be exhausted in 2018. Now Joffe-Walt claims the federal government sends out approximately 14 million payments; Social Security’s disability fund is expected to run out of reserves by 2016.

On March 22, during an interview with “This American Life,” we learn that “since the economy began its slow, slow recovery in late 2009, we’ve been averaging about 150,000 jobs created per month. In that same period every month, almost 250,000 people have been applying for disability.”

Why do disability figures skew the unemployment rate? In the NPR article, Joffe-Walt explains that “the vast majority of people on federal disability do not work. Yet because they are not technically part of the labor force, they are not counted among the unemployed.” They become the invisible unemployed.

What Explains the Rise in Disability Payouts?

The precipitous rise in disability claims comes from the unintended consequences of political maneuvering.

“The End of Welfare As We Know It” was announced in 1996 when President Clinton signed a reform act intended to move people off welfare rolls and into jobs. Clinton “encouraged” the individual states to push for the transition by making them fund a much larger share of their welfare programs. To encourage the individual recipients, the reforms also capped the length of time a person was eligible for welfare.

The incentive worked on the states, but not in the manner intended.

Each person on welfare became a continuing cost for a state, but each person who moved onto disability saved the states money, because Social Security Disability Insurance is fully funded by the federal government.

In her NPR report, Joffe-Walt indicates how aggressively the states shifted welfare recipients onto disability. She writes, “PCG [Public Consulting Group] is a private company that states pay to comb their welfare rolls and move as many people as possible onto disability. The company has an office in eastern Washington State that's basically a call center, full of headsetted women in cubicles who make calls all day long to potentially disabled Americans, trying to help them discover and document their disabilities.” A recent contract between PCG and the state of Missouri offered PCG $2,300 per person it shifts from welfare to disability.

The incentive for individuals to leave welfare also worked, but, again, not in the manner intended.

Disability is easier to qualify for than welfare, and it has no time limit. Moreover, those on disability qualify for Medicare and other benefits, as well as receive payments roughly equal to a minimum wage job. According to Joffe-Walt, only 1 percent of those who go onto disability leave to rejoin the workforce.

Conclusion: What Is the Actual Unemployment Rate?

If neither the official (U-3) nor the real (U-6) unemployment rates can be trusted, then how can we ascertain a more reliable rate?

A huge step would be to acknowledge the invisible unemployed who are not part of the current BLS calculations. They include not merely the so-called “disabled,” but also those who have left the workforce for other reasons.

CNS News noted of the February 7.6 percent unemployment rate, “the number of Americans designated as 'not in the labor force' in February was 89,304,000, a record high . . . according to the Department of Labor.” The economic trend-monitoring site Investment Watchblog concluded that the actual American unemployment rate—one that includes all unemployed—is around 30 percent. The site reasoned, “89 million not in the labor force = 29%, give or take, assuming the US population is 310,000,000 + official unemployment 7.7%.”

It is not possible to render an entirely accurate unemployment picture. For example, the population figure of 310,000,000 used by Investment Watchblog almost certainly includes people under 16 who cannot legally work. Thus the unemployment rate may be higher. On the other hand, many “not in the labor force” could be retired or otherwise voluntarily unemployed. Not enough data are available.

It is possible, however, to reject the official unemployment rate. And it is necessary to cultivate a healthy skepticism of statistics produced by politics, as so many are.

http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/hiding-the-unemployed-disability-and-the-politics-of-stats#axzz2R8Kvn9NK

Vexari

04/21/13 8:22 PM

Post #113

100% of what is collected is absorbed

solely by interest on the Federal Debt ...

all individual income tax revenues are gone

before one nickel is spent on the services

taxpayers expect from government..

~ Grace Commission ~

Source.. report submitted to President Ronald Reagan on January 15, 1984

Psionic Trader Free

04/16/13 2:51 AM

Post #112

Re: #111: @Y U Axing Me - You ask a question on the BAN BOARD

Cuz it's the ban board. lol

Y U Axing Me Free

02/14/13 9:16 AM

Post #111

Re: #106: @The_Pink_Lawyer - You ask a question on the BAN BOARD

You ask a question on the BAN BOARD you get BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why?

TaxiCaT

02/01/13 4:02 AM

Post #110

Re: #109: @Psionic Trader - 24 BANS STILL BEHIND MONEH RUNNERZ BAN LIST LOLOL!!!

Hey, what's going on here smile

Psionic Trader Free

10/10/12 10:27 PM

Post #109

Re: #107: @The_Pink_Lawyer - Yeah they do but you still get BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

24 BANS STILL BEHIND MONEH RUNNERZ BAN LIST LOLOL!!!

Psionic Trader Free

10/10/12 10:24 PM

Post #108

Re: #106: @The_Pink_Lawyer - You ask a question on the BAN BOARD

LMFAO

The_Pink_Lawyer Free

10/10/12 9:19 AM

Post #107

Re: #101: @ ROOKIE602 - Bashers Suck!...LMAO!!

Yeah they do but you still get BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The_Pink_Lawyer Free

10/10/12 9:18 AM

Post #106

Re: #103: @BoilerRoom - Professor are they having a boy or a girl???

You ask a question on the BAN BOARD you get BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Psionic Trader Free

10/10/12 1:24 AM

Post #105

23 BANS... WHO'S NEXT!! DON'T BE A WUSS!!!

Psionic Trader Free

10/10/12 1:24 AM

Post #104

Re: #103: @BoilerRoom - Professor are they having a boy or a girl???

Sorry bro, J LO told me to ban you!!!! LOL :)

BoilerRoom Free

10/10/12 12:02 AM

Post #103

Re: #87: @$tock_Professor - psionic and TPL thechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/weird-pregnant-guy-2.j

Professor are they having a boy or a girl???

Psionic Trader Free

10/09/12 12:42 AM

Post #102

Re: #101: @ ROOKIE602 - Bashers Suck!...LMAO!!

WEEEEEEEEEEEEe!!! Congrats You're BANNED!!! LOL

ROOKIE602

10/09/12 12:25 AM

Post #101

Re: #100: @Psionic Trader - WE STILL BEHIND HSA/MONEYRUNNERZ BAN LIST LOL!

Bashers Suck!...LMAO!!

Psionic Trader Free

10/04/12 10:21 AM

Post #100

Re: #99: @The_Pink_Lawyer - hebercreeper lasted longer than most but now you

WE STILL BEHIND HSA/MONEYRUNNERZ BAN LIST LOL!

The_Pink_Lawyer Free

10/04/12 9:01 AM

Post #99

Re: #98: @hebercreeper - you just gonna let that guy come to

hebercreeper lasted longer than most but now you are BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hebercreeper Free

10/04/12 1:30 AM

Post #98

Re: #97: @Psionic Trader - THE BAN BOARD = TO GET BANNED AND

you just gonna let that guy come to this board and ask questions without banning him? What kind of ban board is this?

Psionic Trader Free

10/04/12 1:17 AM

Post #97

Re: #96: @tbirdman - Hey, what's this all about?

THE BAN BOARD = TO GET BANNED AND BE PROUD OF IT. LOL!!!

tbirdman

10/04/12 1:08 AM

Post #96

Re: #94: @Psionic Trader - WHOS NEXT? POST HERE TO GET BANNED!!!!!!! WEEEEEEE

Hey, what's this all about?

$tock_Professor Free

10/01/12 1:14 PM

Post #95

Re: #93: @Psionic Trader - TPL BANNED FOR A DAY FOR BANNING SP!!!!!! LOL

lol

Psionic Trader Free

10/01/12 1:07 PM

Post #94

WHOS NEXT? POST HERE TO GET BANNED!!!!!!! WEEEEEEE

Psionic Trader Free

10/01/12 1:05 PM

Post #93

Re: #86: @$tock_Professor - you can t ban me im $P!!!

TPL BANNED FOR A DAY FOR BANNING SP!!!!!! LOL

Psionic Trader Free

09/30/12 12:10 PM

Post #92

Re: #91: @The_Pink_Lawyer - YOU ARE BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!

LOLOL!!!

The_Pink_Lawyer Free

09/30/12 11:22 AM

Post #91

Re: #86: @$tock_Professor - you can t ban me im $P!!!

YOU ARE BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!

Psionic Trader Free

09/29/12 5:51 PM

Post #90

Re: #88: @$tock_Professor - TPL's and his horse mikerowse.com/wp-content/uploads/weird-guy-and-his-hor

TPL GETTIN A LIL TOO INTIMATE THERE LOLOL!!!

Psionic Trader Free

09/29/12 5:38 PM

Post #89

Re: #87: @$tock_Professor - psionic and TPL thechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/weird-pregnant-guy-2.j

lolol!!!

$tock_Professor Free

09/29/12 5:36 PM

Post #88

Re: #87: @$tock_Professor - psionic and TPL thechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/weird-pregnant-guy-2.j

TPL's and his horse

$tock_Professor Free

09/29/12 5:35 PM

Post #87

Re: #85: @Psionic Trader - Quiet here lol....

psionic and TPL

$tock_Professor Free

09/29/12 5:34 PM

Post #86

Re: #73: @The_Pink_Lawyer - I'm waitin for Psionic to get off ban

you can t ban me im $P!!!

Psionic Trader Free

09/26/12 11:57 PM

Post #85

Quiet here lol....

Psionic Trader Free

09/25/12 4:24 PM

Post #84

WHO'S NEXT??? WHO WANTS TO BE BANNED???? :)

Psionic Trader Free

09/25/12 4:23 PM

Post #83

Re: #82: @easymoney - GREAT TO BE IN BANNED LAND!!!

EVERYBODY GETTING BANNED HERE!!! EVEN THE MODS BAN EACH OTHER LMAO

easymoney

09/25/12 12:42 PM

Post #82

GREAT TO BE IN BANNED LAND!!!

Psionic Trader Free

09/25/12 2:04 AM

Post #81

Re: #80: @sharky - It's a world of stinky pinkies, and thieves.

OH YOUR WISH IS DEFINITELY OUR COMMAND. LOL!!!!!

sharky

09/25/12 2:03 AM

Post #80

It's a world of stinky pinkies, and thieves. Ban me, why not I got stink foot.

Psionic Trader Free

09/25/12 2:01 AM

Post #79

OH DAMN WE HAVING TOO MUCH FUN BANNING PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!

Psionic Trader Free

09/25/12 2:00 AM

Post #78

TPL BANNED!!! LOL

Psionic Trader Free

09/25/12 1:55 AM

Post #77

WHO"S NEXT!!! WHO WANTS TO BE BANNED???????????????

Psionic Trader Free

09/23/12 4:01 AM

Post #76

Re: #75: @xero90 - Getting ready for the banned!!!

NOW HERES A REAL MAN!!!! CAME HERE ALL PREPARED TO BE BANNED!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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