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[alien-IQ]

If you want to find the real numbers, go to this site:

http://www.shadowstats.com/

The methodology for tracking unemployment figures was changed during the Reagan or Clinton administration, I can't recall which. It was at that time that we stopped counting people who's unemployment benefits had expired but had not yet found work, as unemployed. And really, wouldn't such a person reasonably be considered "unemployed"?

the closest thing you'll find to being the true numbers published by the BLS is the U-6, not the more broadly reported and often quoted U-3.