The Patriot Post® · Unemployed Have Plenty of Time for Shopping

The Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that unemployed people are more likely to be out shopping for things other than groceries and gas than actually looking for a job. According to CNS News, “Only 18.9 percent of Americans who were unemployed (in surveys conducted from 2009 through 2013) spent time in job search and interviewing activities on an average day, according to BLS. Yet 40.8 percent of the unemployed did some kind of shopping on the average day – either in a store, by telephone, or on the Internet. 22.5 percent of the unemployed, according to BLS, were shopping for items other than groceries, food and gas.” They also slept considerably longer than the average person. We don’t begrudge people acquiring the basic necessities of life, but when the safety net becomes a hammock, it’s a problem. More…