I had hoped that it wasn't as high a percentage as that. But, given
the qualities of some of the people encountered who are presumably
paid money to be the hindrance that they are, perhaps you're right.
On 4 May 2009, at 08:45, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Has it occurred that about 3-5% of the population is unemployed
> because they are fundamentally unemployable? The mad, the bad and the
> sad; the challenged in oh so many ways. I have encountered in a
> classroom a small proportion who no-one in their right mind would
> ever employ. Unfortunately, at one point, that included my Principal
> but that is a quite different story.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 04/05/2009, at 7:53 AM, James R wrote:
>
>> From my rather thin knowledge it strikes me that even in good
>> times unemployment is typically stuck at a minimum rate of about 5
>> percent and rises a good deal in times such as we are living through
>> now. Having those in employment working long hours just reduces the
>> overall number of jobs the system can support, which surely must
>> increase unemployment and therefore the tax load on those employed.
>
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