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**//__Unemployment In America__//** 2. Your 2009 Recession Survival Guide 3. Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population 4. What are the critics' opinions??
 * 1) Current Unemployment Rate in 2009
 * Unemployment rate soars to highest level in 16 years
 * The overall unemployment rate currently stands at 7.2%
 * The recession is worsening unemployment
 * The economic outlook
 * Food prices may drop
 * Basic concepts of employment & unemployment
 * Who is counted as unemployed/employed
 * Who is not in the Labor Force
 * Many critics claim that bad unemployment projections are evidence that the additional deficit spending was ineffective
 * Proponents of the plan argue that the current unemployment rate would be much higher without the spending