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Carl Levin: “I come from a State with a 14-percent unemployment rate, and I have known of very few people who are not desperately…”

On the recordAugust 3, 2010
I come from a State with a 14-percent unemployment rate, and I have known of very few people who are not desperately looking for work who are unemployed.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin highlights the struggle of unemployed individuals in his state.

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