There are what? 35-45 MILLION Americans that have completely given up on finding gainful employment?
Screw 'em.
The Right just makes this shit up and then believes it!
Of course, after reading the actual number, they will still claim there are 35-45 million, or jack it up to 92 million.
Employment Situation Summary
Among the marginally attached,
there were 917,000 discouraged workers in December, down by 151,000 from a year earlier. Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them.
I followed your link.. and YOU are right!
Boy to exaggerate by over
3,000% is just absolutely disgusting!
Now I took the time to follow YOUR link and I agree.. GOP really exaggerated!
NOW will you be just as scholarly and intelligent to recognize as I did the GOP exaggeration and follow these 3 separate links to see another gross exaggeration,
(not nearly as bad as GOP.. 3,000% but 1,150% grossly exaggerated?
The Census is the source for this number : Obama "We are not a nation that accepts nearly 46 million uninsured men, women and children,"
So per the same US Census...
1)10 million not citizens are counted as part of the 46 million...Please go to the link:
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 - Income & Wealth - Newsroom - U.S. Census Bureau
2) 14 million people who SAY they are UNINSURED YET all they need to is register with MEDICAID and this was before ACA!!!
go to the link:
http://coverageforall.org/pdf/BC-BS_Uninsured-America.pdf
"Of the 44.7 million non-elderly uninsured individuals identified in the 2004 Census Current Population Survey (CPS) data, nearly one-third — almost 14 million — were reachable through existing government health programs such as Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under current rules.
The Actuarial Research Corporation (ARC) estimates that about 9 million of these individuals actually were enrolled in Medicaid during the year, but were categorized as uninsured in the Census survey.
In the latest Census health insurance report, the Census Bureau acknowledges that the survey “…
underreports Medicare and Medicaid coverage compared with enrollment and participation data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).” According to ARC, this
“Medicaid undercount” leads to an over-assessment of the uninsured population and needs to be taken into consideration when developing uninsured estimates.
It is important that this issue be resolved so that targeted solutions for the uninsured can be developed based on the most accurate data possible.
So do you understand?? BEFORE ACA Medicaid could have if competent enrolled 14 million people already eligible BUT they were still counted as "uninsured" by the CENSUS..WRONGLY!
Finally why are people counting these 18 million??
These people don't want. Don't need and can afford their employers' health plans but don't want to waste their money!
3)Prove this number is wrong! 18 million that don't need...
CRISIS OF THE UNINSURED: 2009
Nearly 18 million of the uninsured lived in households with annual incomes above $50,000 -- over half of them (9.7 million) in households with incomes that exceed $75,000 annually.
Now if you are really honest as I was regarding GOP's 3,000% exaggeration... follow the links... figure it out..
10 million not citizens therefore even per Obama NOT eligible YET they were counted as part of Obama's 46 million uninsured and that figure was used to pass ACA by just 7 votes
14 million are at poverty levels but the Census never accounted for that when these people said they were uninsured! Where was Medicaid in getting these 14 million enrolled???
18 million don't want. Don't need. Can afford but spend less then their employers' health plan costs!
42 million people falsely counted as eligible (illegals) 14 million (covered by Medicaid) 18 million that don't want,need and wrongly counted!
Leaves 4 million or a 1,150% EXAGGERATION of the facts...
So I challenge you to refute the above links!