How have I never heard of this before ? <| sep |> Very accurate . Particularly if an emotional life event has just happenedis about to happen <| sep |> I believe he ' s talking about how the US has redefined employed people to include those who have been looking for work for more than 2 years . They define these persons as people who stopped looking for employment . They aren ' t included as unemployed anymore allowing the unemployment rate to drop . Source workers <| sep |> I ' m perfectly willing for the US to reduce military spending . Reducing spending doesn ' t just mean less soldiers and equipment it means less bases and force projection . A reduced US military would mean closing bases in Europe and Asia , which I ' m fine with . We shouldn ' t be occupying other countries .