A very noble position to hold, one that more people could benefit from. That may be true but if it were the most effective way of measuring unemployment then all the major news organizations would use this standard. I'm using the standard that allows us to compare easily between now and before. You should want to blame the people responsible for the massive transfer of wealth and class warfare that has been going on for decades - the REPUBLICANS. How can anyone find solutions when they don't even admit that an entire political party is pushing for the exact same policies that nearly destroyed the country (and the world) in the first place? It won't solve itself and it won't be solved with Republicans actively trying to tear down the POTUS above all else. Or worse actively trying to prevent recovery by slashing spending. I think the truth that people don't want to hear is that Republicans have dupped anyone making less than 250K per year into voting for them by using catchy soundbites and playing to their clueless base.