Posted on 11/19/2020 6:06:13 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Some 742,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as a surge in coronavirus infections threatened to shut down businesses again, the feds said Thursday.
The latest batch of initial jobless claims brought the seasonally adjusted total filed during the coronavirus pandemic to roughly 68.1 million — equivalent to more than 42 percent of the nation’s workforce.
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Never in the history of the world did a country of such wealth commit economic suicide.
Not to shabby for 78 years old and 6 months past a major surgery.
2021 is going to be, um, what’s the word... Oh yeah: Interesting.
Congrats!
Don’t worry we will get that number over a million easily after the next shutdown scheduled for tomorrow.
I would be curious to know what percentage of that comes from blue States with shutdowns
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