Hmm.....everyone in my immediate family lost their jobs in 2013-2014. Two of us are now part of the "lost numbers" - one took very early retirement under duress and the other is severely underemployed. Only one has recovered from that misfortune and did so by picking up and moving halfway across the country after job searching daily for 4 months in the area we currently live. He was able to find a job within one week when he moved to a "red" state where the economy is booming - no thanks to the feds, but to the excellent state govt where he now resides. The people who think the unemployment numbers are correct are fools - we know MANY more people in our same situation. We are no longer counted as unemployed, even though we ARE, by no fault of our own or by our own choice.