From EPA to OSHA to trial lawyers to health care - there are hundreds of reasons for companies to minimize workers, or to simply manufacture their products elsewhere. At the same time, we have the Gov't and its hand-outs encouraging tens of millions of low-skilled workers to stay out of the work force.
10% unemployment is a permanent feature in France and it will be so here in the USA as well.
It doesn’t HAVE to be permanent here, if we get some half-bright officials back in control of things.
They will make sure the underclass voter base sticks around by subsidizing it