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Jobless Outnumber Jobs, 6-1

Ratio hits worst level since recording began in 2000

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 27, 2009 10:38 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Even as the US pulls out of the recession, the ranks of the out-of-work have swelled to 14.5 million people, leaving six jobless people vying for every available job—the worst ratio since the Labor Department began keeping track in 2000. "There's too much uncertainty out there," says one economist who says with no surefire source of growth in sight, businesses aren't hiring.

In this Sept. 10, 2009 photo, Robbin Williams, second left, of Moorestown, NJ, talks with recruiter Paul Doria, second right, at a job fair in Philadelphia.
In this Sept. 10, 2009 photo, Robbin Williams, second left, of Moorestown, NJ, talks with recruiter Paul Doria, second right, at a job fair in Philadelphia.   (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
In this Sept. 10, 2009 photo, Kathryn Craven, of Palo Alto, Calif., who recently lost her job as a technical writer, looks through pamphlets at the Connect! Job Seeker Center in Sunnyvale, Calif.
In this Sept. 10, 2009 photo, Kathryn Craven, of Palo Alto, Calif., who recently lost her job as a technical writer, looks through pamphlets at the Connect! Job Seeker Center in Sunnyvale, Calif.   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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WallyEFunk
Sep 28, 2009 12:21 PM CDT
And what makes matters worse is articles like this. The whole economy is based on the public confidence, and they spend. One feeds on the other.
super_soft_wizard
Sep 28, 2009 7:53 AM CDT
Thank you as well for contributing thought regarding how we as a nation can combat unemployment. Further, you DO realize that healthcare is an economic issue, right?
super_soft_wizard
Sep 28, 2009 7:52 AM CDT
DESCRIBE your plan to revive unemployment. Lemme guess... you'd cut taxes for the wealthy?
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