On 2006-12-27 14:53:11 -0800, Deeply Filled Mortician 
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> said:

>> Right you are.  Under the Reagen administration in the US they began 
>> issuing unemployment stats after having removed those they had decided 
>> had "given up" looking for a job.  Suddenly the unemployement shrank by 
>> 3 or 4 per cent.
>> 
>> Most of these numbers are guesses, and I'm assuming the Australians 
>> consider it better to guess low.
> 
> Right they do. The dole is an institution there, and is frequently a
> good sideline for various illegal activities. On the plus side,
> Australia also has a good record for getting people off the dole,
> mainly by putting the shits up the recipients.

They have a "good record", do they?  I'm sure those numbers are glued 
together even more better!
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Thank you and have a nice day.