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Re: The biggest lies and alternative facts told during presidential address to congre
You can go with the official status quo government line which the President generally ignores. Or you can go with the situation as it actually is. Your choice.
Why do you think that matters? It's hypothetical. They are choosing disability over looking for work. They are not currently available to work and are not competing for jobs. So they are not included with those who are.
Unemployed: "Persons aged 16 years and older who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed."
What circumstances don't make them part of that definition?
You can go with the official status quo government line which the President generally ignores. Or you can go with the situation as it actually is. Your choice.