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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

Editor's note · Context

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

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