The unemployed who don’t even count as unemployed

Until now I have only heard statements like these umpteen times from people like Peter Schiff, visionvictory channel on YouTube, etc –

‘What about the people who haven’t found a job for so long that they no longer qualify for unemployment benefits?  They are not counted in these unemployment numbers”.

Today I read an article here where such an unemployed person, who hasn’t found a job for 3 years, says this -

“They don’t count me as unemployed ’cause I ain’t drawing a check. It’s like I don’t even exist. But I do. Look around. There’s thousands … millions of us.”

US States with highest unemployment in April 2009

Take a look at this link – http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/

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