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Tim Huelskamp: I think the extended unemployment insurance benefits artificially pushed up the unemployment rate.

On the recordMay 31, 2012
I think the extended unemployment insurance benefits artificially pushed up the unemployment rate.
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Tim Huelskamp
Kansas

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Huelskamp argues that unemployment benefits have negatively impacted job creation.

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