I thank the Senator for yielding. We have talked about the fact that unemployment today and economic suffering is probably greater than at any time since the Great Depression of the 1930s. But I wonder if the Senator from Illinois is aware that the problem is not just high unemployment but long-term unemployment; that, in fact, I believe we have never seen in modern history a length of time in which people are unemployed as is currently the case. Would the Senator concur that what we are looking at now is a modern tragedy in terms of the length of time people are experiencing unemployment?
Bernie Sanders: “I thank the Senator for yielding. We have talked about the fact that unemployment today and economic suffering is…”
On the recordFebruary 25, 2010
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Sanders addresses the issue of long-term unemployment during a discussion on economic suffering.
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