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?
@inkican I suspect many of them decide to return to school for degrees / certifications?
My wife works, I don’t. Not looking.
how do those folks survive?
Homeless camps.
That’s a shitty oversimplification and not a good joke, and you should feel shitty - all due respect.
edit: the fact that this is even mildly downvoted only showed how little constructive interaction that this Lemmy community has with those struggling with houselessness, and it saddens me, honestly.
Sorry you took it that way. I did not mean it as a joke but an honest and very grim reality for many.
