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Roger Williams: Is 7.8 percent unemployment the norm now? Is that the new norm?

On the recordApril 10, 2013
Is 7.8 percent unemployment the norm now? Is that the new norm?
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Roger Williams
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Williams questions the acceptance of high unemployment rates as normal.

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