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On the recordJune 5, 2013
If the official unemployment rate accounted for these 'discouraged' workers, the real unemployment would be 13.9 percent.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Moran emphasizes the impact of discouraged workers on unemployment statistics.

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