Unemployed Americans exceed Belgium's total population.

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U.S. Economy Added 69K jobs in May, Unemplyment Rate Up to 8.1%
Published on 6/1/2012 1:41:29 PM | By TradingEconomics.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

U.S. Nonfarm payroll employment changed little in May (+69,000), and the unemployment rate went up to 8.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on June 1st. Employment increased in health care, transportation and warehousing, and wholesale trade but declined in construction. Employment was little changed in most other major industries.

Both the number of unemployed persons (12.7 million) and the unemployment rate (8.2 percent) changed little in May.

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.8 percent) and Hispanics (11.0 percent) edged up in May, while the rates for adult women (7.4 percent), teenagers (24.6 percent), whites (7.4 percent), and blacks (13.6 percent) showed little or no change. The jobless rate for Asians was 5.2 percent in May (not seasonally adjusted), down from 7.0 percent a year earlier.

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) rose from 5.1 to 5.4 million in May. These individuals accounted for 42.8 percent of the unemployed.

Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in May (+69,000), following a similar change in April (+77,000). In comparison, the average monthly gain was 226,000 in the first quarter of the year. In May, umployment rose in health care, transportation and warehousing, and wholesale trade, while construction lost jobs.

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for March was revised from +154,000 to +143,000, and the change for April was revised from +115,000 to +77,000.

United States Unemployment Rate

Belgium's population = About 11 million.

Population - Chiffres population 1990-2011

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The US postal service is facing bankerrupcy and is planing to lay off 120,000 workers , so the unemployment figure will be going up

The Postal Service expects about 100,000 employees to retire by 2015, and officials want to eliminate up to 120,000 jobs through layoffs.

Factbox: Why the Postal Service is going bankrupt | Reuters

 

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That's probably what the neocons want.

The unemployment in the US is not going to get better in the near future which took a sudden turn for the worst recently. People over 40, degree or no degree, are almost impossible to find jobs if they are layoff. Young graduates having hard time to find half decent jobs and if they do, they are low pay with no securities and no healthcare coverages. Many in the thirties are still living with their parents.

America had been sold out, in part, by these warmongers.