(This is a replacement for the post that I accidentally deleted when I meant to edit it.)
* In July 247,000 Americans lost their jobs.
*July was the 19th month in a row of net job losses.
*Since the start of 2008, 6.7 million jobs have been lost.
*A record 5 million people have been unemployed for more than 6 months.
*The unemployed have been jobless for an average 25.1 weeks, a 61-year high.
2 comments:
another stat: 1 in 9 Americans is on food stamps.
Morrison, I apologize for deleting your excellent response with my inept attempt to correct the grammar in my original post. (I've come close to accidentally deleting the entire blog once...LOL)
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