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Re:Why the US is one of only a few countries with no paid ti... by SketchySeaBeast on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:34PM (#37269428)
3.5% to 5.9%. Neither is high. How much of that 2.4% is jobs with liveable wages?
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Re:Why the US is one of only a few countries with no paid ti... by andsoitis on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:40PM (#37269468)
> 3.5% to 5.9%. Neither is high. How much of that 2.4% is jobs with liveable wages?

5.9% x 448.4m EU population = ~26.5m people.

3.5% x 331.9m US population = ~11.6m people.

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Re:Why the US is one of only a few countries with no paid ti... by SketchySeaBeast on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:47PM (#37269506)
So if China had a 2% unemployment rate that would be worse unemployment because of the total people effected? And Greece's 12 percent unemployment is fine because it's only 1.2m people?

Edit: did you change your argument after I replied? I swear you were taking about total numbers before.

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Re:Why the US is one of only a few countries with no paid ti... by andsoitis on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:51PM (#37269527)
> So if China had a 2% unemployment rate that would be worse unemployment because of the total people effected? And Greece's 12 percent unemployment is fine because it's only 1.2m people?

1.412B (China population) x 2% = 28.2m people in China unemployed

1.2m people in Greece unemployed

Yes, % is statistics. The absolute number of people is the real impact.

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Re:Why the US is one of only a few countries with no paid ti... by SketchySeaBeast on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:58PM (#37269560)
>1.412B (China population) x 2% = 28.2m people in China unemployed

>1.2m people in Greece unemployed

>Yes, % is statistics. The absolute number of people is the real impact.

If that's the case why isn't America copying Greece's economic policy as Greece is leaving only 1.2m unemployed?

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Re:Why the US is one of only a few countries with no paid ti... by latency-guy2 on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:40PM (#37269469)
Most likely the entire 2.4% in comparison to the EU.
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