Kevin Brady: “So if next month another 600,000 people give up looking for work…”

On the recordJuly 1, 2010

So if next month another 600,000 people give up looking for work, should we organize some parade to cheer it?

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Kevin Brady

Republican · Texas

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Brady questions the positive framing of declining unemployment amidst rising job seeker dropouts.

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Kevin Brady: “So if next month another 600,000 people give up looking for work, should we organize some parade to cheer it?”

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