[1]While we already know that "work is punished" in America [3], with almost 20% of Americans' disposable personal income made up of US government transfer payments (up from just 5% 60 years ago), it is perhaps no surprise that Bloomberg's Comfort Index shows the jobless in America haven't been this comfortable since 2007...
Hope...
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or a generous government?
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Charts: Bloomberg
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Links:
[1] http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden
[2] http://www.zerohedge.com/taxonomy_vtn/term/9582
[3] http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-27/when-work-punished-tragedy-americas-welfare-state
[4] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/09/20140924_jobless.jpg
[5] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/09/20140924_jobless1.jpg
