While the pols dither over self-inflicted long-term issues like deficits and debt ceilings, the following chart may be of more immediate concerns.
Congress critters: Want to lose your jobs next election? Then keep on ignoring this issue, and you can happily return to the private sector:
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Source: Long-Term Unemployment, by State
WSJ, July 21, 2011
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