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1. harmlessgryphon (harmlessgryphon@sealion.club)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2017 21:19:59 UTC harmlessgryphon
   The unemployment rate in the USA is low, so it's "odd" that people are suddenly defaulting on their credit cards.
   
   Perhaps things in the land of apple-pie eating eagles isn't as good as we're being led to believe?
   
   Nah, the government wouldn't like to us, would they?
   
   http://www.businessinsider.com/credit-card-defaults-have-spiked-as-lending-standards-fall-2017-6
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   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2017 21:29:26 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     @harmlessgryphon What's driving the figures down is people finding ways to survive without jobs. For example, an uncle who was a well-paid COBOL programmer "retired" when he could no longer obtain work.
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   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 10-Jun-2017 01:10:23 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     https://www.yahoo.com/news/never-jobs-available-america-145038564.html
     
     Shrinking the (officially recognized) workforce continues, which makes the numbers look better, until someone realizes that many of those who "left" the workforce did so involuntarily.
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