Has it occurred that about 3-5% of the population is unemployed
because they are fundamentally unemployable? The mad, the bad and the
sad; the challenged in oh so many ways. I have encountered in a
classroom a small proportion who no-one in their right mind would
ever employ. Unfortunately, at one point, that included my Principal
but that is a quite different story.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 04/05/2009, at 7:53 AM, James R wrote:
> From my rather thin knowledge it strikes me that even in good
> times unemployment is typically stuck at a minimum rate of about 5
> percent and rises a good deal in times such as we are living through
> now. Having those in employment working long hours just reduces the
> overall number of jobs the system can support, which surely must
> increase unemployment and therefore the tax load on those employed.
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