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Originally Posted by Z-man
I dunno - not sure how productive they would be at a job....
Those who are unemployed can either sit around and complain how they weren't given anything, or get off their butts, hit the streets, and find work.
Just sayin'
-Z
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Actually, 85% have a job. And with 26.7 enrolled in school, they seem to have a pretty full schedule for the most part. I don't think having a job was their main gripe. Disparity of pay? Maybe. They got off their butts, hit the streets and brought that to people's attention.....
The demographics of Occupy Wall Street: By the numbers - The Week
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Percent who are enrolled in school
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Percent of the demonstrators who are unemployed, according to a different survey, this one conducted by veteran pollster Douglas Schoen via in-person interviews with 198 people at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park
18
Percent of demonstrators who call themselves "part-time employed/underemployed." That's "a combined total of 33 percent who are struggling in the labor market," says Aaron Rutkoff in The Wall Street Journal.
9.1
National rate of unemployment, in percent
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Sorry if this too PARFy. I was just making a joke about the "get a job" comments that started this whole tangent.
