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Intelligent robots could wipe out half of all jobs in the future.
Obammy sez dat wes entitled. I gots me some free fruel.
Unfortunately the unemployment numbers are not calculated they way they used to be. Many part-timers who need full time, certain government assistance recipients, etc., are carved out of the calculation. The calculation that is more realistic is called the U-6 unemployment rate... this calculation adds back in the folks the "political unemployment rate", carves off to sound good. For January 2015 the official U-6 unemployment rate was 10.5% up from 9.8% in December
Blame Obama,,, Vote Trump!!! guaranteed to invade some country or star a couple of wars, That should help the oil industry.. Or you can get a job building the Trump Wall..
If you haven't figured it out yet, unemployment figures are massaged and run through the fed before being divulged. They're rarely realistic and usually 3 to 4 times higher than published. E.g. 15% is more accurate.
http://www.vocativ.com/news/280733/unemployment-rate-hits-record-low-but-its-not-good-news-for-everyone/