tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post2371545055346163870..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: More On The "Mild Recession"Steve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-19319863619713189442009-04-08T12:33:00.000-04:002009-04-08T12:33:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-8303955937119242982009-04-06T20:28:00.000-04:002009-04-06T20:28:00.000-04:00And the unemployment numbers now and predicted for...And the unemployment numbers now and predicted for the future hide the true number of recent and future unemployed, as only those who qualify for EI will be a statistic. So comparing these numbers with previous numbers from the recessions of the early 90s and 80s will be meaningless, due to the changes liberals made in the late 90s to qualifying for EI benefits. Nice trick but "seeing is believing" and as the ranks of the unemployed swell, ducking and weaving, will not work.susansmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573558646874765432noreply@blogger.com