(sorry for the late reply, but I HAD to reply to this...)
You wrote:
> Soldiers are considered to be employed. When a soldier dies,
> the number of employed decreases but the number of unemployed
> remains the same so that untemployment percentage _increases_.
> So what on Earth leads you to believe that somehow unemployment
> percentages will be lower?
> You have a computer, presumably you have a spreadsheet, the
> numbers are 139 million in the US workforce, 6 percent
> unemployment, maximum number of troops in Iraq 250,000, current
> number 120,000, projected US casualties 5000, actual US
> casualties to date 400, all numbers approximate, you do the
> math.
I don't like those numbers so I will use different ones ;). It doesn't matter for the logical conclusion. By the way, spreadsheets are for people who have no sense of math. Use your brain or maybe a pocket calculator.
Let's say there are 10 soldiers, 10 people with a different job and 10 unemployed. The unemployment percentage is 33% (10/30). Now let's say 5 soldiers die. Their jobs don't die with them (as a pacifist I wish that were true) so there are 5 soldiers, 5 open jobs, 10 otherwise employed and 10 unemployed. Of course the 5 jobs will be given to 5 unemployed, so there will be 10 soldiers, 10 otherwise employed and 5 unemployed. Now the unemployment percentage is 20% (5/25). If I am not mistaken 20% < 33%.
Next time think before you call someone else stupid.
If you want to reply to this, please do so in a GPT in my diary.
Have a nice day. |
