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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 23 Aug 2012

    Keeping things in perspective: the unemployment rate in 1933 was as high as 25.6%. Today it's 8.3%. http://on.wsj.com/R4uXel  (fixed)

    12:45 PM - 23 Aug 2012
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      1. David Sheets‏ @DKSheets 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ Comparing 1933 to 2012 is not "keeping things in perspective."

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      1. bluesharkhealth‏ @bluesharkhealth 23 Aug 2012
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        @wsj Sorry charlie. They calculated the unemployment rate differently in 1933 than they do today.

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      1. A vote against the FED‏ @RangerHondo 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ More like 17% when take the right number...

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      1. xMc‏ @timxmc 24 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ Dept of Labor July2012: 155.0M are employed. 314.2M people in US. Math = 49.3% are employed. 50.7% of Americans are unemployed.

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      1. Mike‏ @me_mikedb1 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ I can't believe you made that statement

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      1. Luke‏ @TVsLukeWilbur 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ About 1 mil people difference if you look at the difference in population.

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      1.  ☀️Lauren ☀️‏ @chocolatlvr 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ Is your CNN Money quote supposed to make me feel better? In 1933 my grandfather had to shoot squirrels to feed his family.

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      1. Prohibition Murders‏ @vepapa 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ rates were not calculated the same. Very sloppy reporting!

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      1. THOMAS COUCH‏ @THOMASCMONEY 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ LOL, you know today's number is much higher then that.

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      1. Ben Langford‏ @gopher49 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ what percentage of the population was on government assisted programs in 1933 compared to now??

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      1. Ken in Arizona‏ @dayo1946 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ Is there a point here? Things were much different in 1933, no comparison.

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      1. Frank Fernandez‏ @frankfdz 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ whatever the Obama campaign is paying/promising for that kind of hard hitting "news" can't possibly be enough...Keep it up!

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      1. bill blakeway‏ @BillBlakeway 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ do you really believe that only 8 pct of of the working population is out of work ?

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      1. David Weikel‏ @weikeld 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ Was it calulated the same way?

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      1. recklesscoder‏ @recklesscoder 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ To put that in better perspective: About 13 million employable Americans were unemployed in 1933. As of July 2012 it is 12.8 million.

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      1. Sayju Monti‏ @ClayFitzgerald_ 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ its actually almost at 1933 numbers but the numbers are being cooked, people aren't that naïve #WSJ

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      1. johnny casanova‏ @BernardoVorace 23 Aug 2012
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        @WSJ Chapeau. Think Tank+. In 1492 was full blast. Amérika is more poor today than just 10 yrs ago. Excuse moi, SuperOracle is calling.

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