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On the recordJuly 1, 2010
I can't believe you just said a bright spot is that the unemployment rate fell. Do you realize that is because 652,000 Americans gave up looking for work?
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Kevin Brady
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Brady criticizes the interpretation of falling unemployment due to people leaving the workforce.

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