The REAL number is a lot WORSE than 9.7%. First of all they do not count Americans who have frankly given up on finding a job & no longer receive unemployment benefits. Michigan--with the highest at 14% unemployment, California is well over 10%--& all states that have been primarily democrat run over the decades are in total disaster.
Can you believe Joe Biden's B.S. The economy is impoving because of the stimulus bill. First of all these morons were trying to do an FDR recovery. Back in the 1930's road & bridge work consisted of thousands of men with pics & shovels. Today--one single heavy equipment operator - can do the work of 400 men. That's how STUPID this administration is.
Our economy is so completely diverse from the 1930's--we don't even resemble the 1930's today. Yet they signed off on all this pork--political pay-backs--executive bonuses & road in bridge work before any of them even read it, much less discussed it.
57% of the American population feel they could pick a name out of a phone book--elect them for their congressmen & senators & that they would do a better job. I agree 100%.
Funny how you guys didn't give two shits about underemployment when Bush was president...