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Tag: Social Security myths

Social Security Q&A: Separating Fact from Fiction

BY DOUG ORR This article is from the May/June 2005 issue of Dollars and Sense: The Magazine of Economic Justice Parts of this article are outdated, but it provides important explanations of the SS system and financing, as well as disposing of several myths. JZ The president just completed his 60-day, 35-state tour to spread… Read More Social Security Q&A: Separating Fact from Fiction

July 20, 2015August 5, 2015 thadotool

 

The Full Count
May 2025

Officially unemployed: 7.2 million (4.2%)
Hidden unemployment: 10.6 million

Total: 17.8 million (10.1% of the labor force)

[There are 2.4 job-wanters* for each available job.]

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