Unemployment Tops 8 Percent For First Time Since 1983

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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/06/060907/jobless-rate-expected-jump-79-percent/

Posted 3 years ago by Dee #
We are at 15% here, guess the rest of you haven't caught up with us yet. It is so sad. I saw a family on the side of the road today holding signs. "Please give us jobs we are living in our car" "Please give our parents jobs, we are living in our car". Talk about gut wrenching! UGH!

Posted 3 years ago by mollycat71 #
actually they stop counting anyone who has been looking for a job for over a year and being unemployed so the actual numbers are much higher.
Here are unemployment % by geography;
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/03/us/20090303_LEONHARDT.html?hp

Posted 3 years ago by Buttercup #

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