http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/with-1-in-10-americans-out-of-work-what-are-the-demographics-of-the-unemployment-line/ Corporate outplacement and job search news and views from RiseSmart Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/with-1-in-10-americans-out-of-work-what-are-the-demographics-of-the-unemployment-line/comment-page-1/#comment-11569 We need to Create Opportunity « More than a molehill Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:28:28 +0000 http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/?p=2208#comment-11569 [...] *1 http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/with-1-in-10-americans-out-of-work-what-are-the-demographics... [...] [...] *1 http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/with-1-in-10-americans-out-of-work-what-are-the-demographics... [...]

]]> http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/with-1-in-10-americans-out-of-work-what-are-the-demographics-of-the-unemployment-line/comment-page-1/#comment-11525 Shawn Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:57:16 +0000 http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/?p=2208#comment-11525 15.7 million workers out of work. + $786 Billion = $50,063.69 per unemployed worker. The stimulus package has created (or saved) 600K jobs. It seems to me that the money could have been paid directly to the unemployed in the form of 15 million jobs that paid 50K a year. Instead they are spending around 250K per job and the type and salary for those jobs is not disclosed, but I'm guessing they were not all 50K a year jobs. 15.7 million workers out of work. + $786 Billion = $50,063.69 per unemployed worker. The stimulus package has created (or saved) 600K jobs. It seems to me that the money could have been paid directly to the unemployed in the form of 15 million jobs that paid 50K a year. Instead they are spending around 250K per job and the type and salary for those jobs is not disclosed, but I’m guessing they were not all 50K a year jobs.

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