Rosie contd. Top-line unemployment way understated.

Only by the good graces of a declining labour force as discouraged job-seekers drop out of the market like flies has the unemployment rate managed to avoid being above 12%. And, only by the long and generous arm of Uncle Sam, who now contributes about 20% to the personal income pie, has the consumer managed to buy much more than pasta, soap and toothpaste this cycle (strategic mortgage defaults have been an equally vital source of stimulus).
---ibid