The official unemployment rate calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics excludes people who have not actively sought a job in the preceding four weeks, as they are no longer considered part of the civilian labor force." - from this article

How does that work? You still need money to survive but you’ve given up looking for work? You can’t be on welfare forever - how do those folks survive?

  • Pons_Aelius
    5•1 year ago

    I can speak from a very real and intimate knowledge of the experience,

    As can I.

    I am sorry you have had this experience that but that does not give you supreme authority over how I am allowed to comment about things I have experienced.

    • Piecemakers
      1•1 year ago

      The fact remains that your comment, in its imprecision, alludes that houselessness is one of the leading factors behind people no longer seeking work and what’s more, insinuates that those challenged with such an incredibly difficult life event do not work at all.

      No one has “supreme authority” over your comments other than you, and that’s why the onus remains with you, while those around you can only suggest you improve.