These are remarkable figures in the unemployment rate, depending on people who don't finish high school are at 14.8 percent; with high school, 9.3 percent; with some college, 7.4 p...
You can see why the President is devoted to trying to make sure that people get some college.
How about for parts of the country?
Thank you very much.
We've seen an increase in consumer confidence, which is pretty marked.
That group that is so hard for people to get their arms around, the group I was talking about like the Johnsons of Blain...
The thought that they're coming back and the job isn't there anymore makes them so disadvantaged.
A lot of this economic recovery was actually replacing jobs that were lost or have been lost.
That's historically true if we're going to look at long-term situations. That should make a difference.
So these are people that are discouraged workers, that can't quite get the money they need or the hours they need?
The Joint Economic Committee will come to order.