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Tammy Baldwin: “We think that the high unemployment rate is primarily the effect of businesses not hiring.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
We think that the high unemployment rate is primarily the effect of businesses not hiring.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the relationship between unemployment and weak economic growth.

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