<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The NATIONAL JOBS FOR ALL COALITION reports:<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT> It should be noted that even these numbers do not include the vast and rapidly growing >prison population, disproportionately young, unskilled minority men. If they were >counted as unemployed, the official jobless rate would rise by over 1 percentage point.  <FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial>and the WSJ reports:</FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial>>black unemployment has dropped to 9% from 15% in 1985.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial>I wonder what the black unemployment figures would be if the prison population was factored in?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial>Greg Boozell</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><A href="mailto:cantv@wwa.com">cantv@wwa.com</A><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>