> gMoney wrote: > > Depending on the province, the rates range from less than 3.5% to 7%. BC, > Well good! I think the US was somewhere in the low 5's last time i > checked...which is pretty close to full employment as well. >
While the unemployment rate can be a useful metric you shouldn't read too much into it. Dana and other minimum wage proponents might point out that a citizen could easily be 'working poor'. You'd need to also look at open jobs and those living below the poverty line. That is, opportunity versus willing applicants. For example, real US employment is probably 115% if you count illegal aliens. Another example might be striking workers. I just read that Northwest Airlines' mechanics just settled a 15 month strike which gives them severance pay. However during that strike they willingly did not work despite the fact that they could work for competitive wages AND many filed for unemployment. That means they count in the unemployment numbers even though they had jobs they could go too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220003 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
