- Nationally, there are 6.4 unemployed workers for every job opening nationally, up from 1.7 at the start of the recession.
- Nearly 11 million jobs are needed to bring employment back to prerecession levels.
- Nearly 40% of unemployed Americans (over 6.1 million workers) have been unemployed for six months or longer.
- On average, unemployment now lasts nearly 7 months, an increase of 75 percent since the start of the official start of the recession two years ago.
Unemployment benefits are a critical component of the fight against an economic recession. Unemployment benefits preserves consumption and helps the unemployed avoid utter devastation. Allowing benefits to run out would leave America in a worse situation in the long run.
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