Number of Long-Term Unemployed Up 14% Under Obama

Obama’s first year in office, from January 2009 to December 2009, the number of long-term unemployed Americans increased from 2,699,000 to 6,122,000, a rise of 126.8%

, --July 16, 2014

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Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, the overall number of people unemployed in the United States has fallen 21.4% but the number counted as long-term unemployed has increased 14.2%. More...

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