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The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it's gone technically from 10 percent to 8 percent is so many people are discouraged and have quit work.

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Jim Talent
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: October 18
Adjunct Professor
Former U.S. Senator
Law Clerk
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Politician
Des Peres
Missouri
James Matthes Talent
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