davidtaylorjr
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There is no unemployment list used in the BLS Labor Force Statistics. There is a household survey. No questions about benefits are asked and it doesn't make any difference if a person was ever eligible for benefits.
As for giving up. The UE rate is a measure of what percent of people who could be working are not. If a person is not trying to get a job, they could not be working because last I checked, employers don't hire people who haven't applied or in any way talked to them.
You missed the point. The jobs numbers are a mask of reality.