In Senate Floor Speech, Harkin Reads from Iowa Letters to Urge Extension of Unemployment Benefits -- Senator Harkin, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today delivered a statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate calling for Congress to extend unemployment benefits. On Thursday, Harkin will convene a HELP Committee hearing to hear from Americans facing long-term unemployment, and examine the barriers and challenges they face in finding reemployment.
The unemployment rate is getting worse and Washington is clearly refusing to take action now on "new jobs"
* 2011 U6 unemployment rate: 16.5% (rate used during 1930’s depression)
* 2011 Monthly US Population Growth: 150k
* 2011 Total Active College Class: 20.4 Million
How did the National unemployment rate drop in November when the growth rate outnumbers the new jobs created?
(2011 Total Jobs Created: 1 Million)
This is a falling knife and it’s highly unsustainable.
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CECOAdvocate 2 months ago