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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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