On Jan 10, 2012, at 12:12 PM, // ravi wrote:
> I don’t see the reasoning. Who can afford to just sit around for months on end saying “Shit, sure would like a job”? If a person just gave up on looking for a job, it is exactly because they were “discouraged” by the job market, I would think?
I don't think it's ridiculously hardass to make a distinction between someone who looks for a job at least once a year and someone who doesn't even do that. By definition, this doesn't include people who are unable to work because of disability or because they're taking care of a sick parent or anything like that.
Doug