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It is important to educate the common person about unemployment because unemployment is so high it greatly effects our economy. As of August 2011 the unemployment rate was 9.1% increasing the chances the every day American knowing a person that is unemployed. Our survey directly corresponds with the National surveys taken across the country. Out of 200 parents, 16 are currently unemployed making the rate 8%.
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According to the Unemployment Rate graph from 2010, it shows that more people with less than a high school diploma are unemployed at about 14%, followed by high school graduates that didn't go to college at about 9%. But with a college or associate degree the unemployment rate is less at about 7%, and a bachelor's degree and higher at 4%. This shows that the more education you have the better chances you have of being employed.
 * 2. Olivia Cassano**

The current unemployment rate as of August is up to 9.1% (13.967 million out of 312,214,287 people). The employment rate was at a high in March of 2007 with 146.334 million people employed, but currently with the 9.1% of unemployment the rate has plummeted to 139.627 million employed. Regardless of the fact that we have millions of people who are employed, within a 3 year span there were 6.707 million people who are now unemployed. As we continue to move towards the future new industries are being created supposedly with job opportunities. So how does the employment rate drop within three years when it should simply be increasing?
 * 3. Cassidy Greenzeig**
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**4. Jordan Bloom** About a week ago, on September 8, 2011, President Barack Obama proposed a $447 billion job and economy stimulation plan. Many people are hopeful and predict the within just one year, the economy will increase by 2% and unemployment will decrease by 1%. Just 1% puts hundreds of thousands of people back to work. But how do they plan on doing it? Well, to start off, over the coarse of the next year, the government is planning on decreasing the social security tax on employees from 6.2% to 4.2%. The idea is to put more money into the pockets of everyday people so help stimulate the economy with more spending. If this goes well, over the coarse of the next year, they might lower it even more, down to 3.1%. This applies to small businesses as well. For both large companies and small businesses, they are eligible to receive up to $3,000 in tax cuts. But that’s not all. If they employ a person who has been unemployed for over six months, they get another $4,000 in tax cuts. These are just some of the examples of tax cuts that could lead to more spending, which in turn stimulates to economy. There is a lot of positive feedback from this bill and many people seem to think that it could make a big difference in just one year. **[|Resource Used]**

The unemployment rate has increased in the last decade for a number of accounts. One being competition. One example being is that Americans have a difficult time finding an occupation today if they do not withhold technological skills. Majority of work today is completed with some form of technology. Therefore if someone is a quick typer who knows how the computer works like the back of their hand, then they will have the better chance of being hired rather then someone who still uses a typewriter for all letterheads and documents. Another cause of competition includes the fact that having a college degree, or a type of license is often necessary to be hired in a workforce. Someone being appointed to work with a college degree or a further education has a higher chance of getting the position then an individual who does not have any education besides a G.E.D. Aside from competition amongst Americans, there are other reasons behind the increased unemployment rate. In the early 2000's we had entered a war with the middle east. This has effected our unemployment rate greatly because taxes were raised. Many people were forced to retire and become unemployed.
 * 5. Samantha Atamian**
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Unemployment is impacted on an ample amount of factors such as economic, structural, and policy. According to economists, employment and unemployment results when the supply and demand for human resources or labor is out of balance. Based off of supply and demand alone, the amount of product needed to be made effects the amount of jobs and if the products popularity chances quarterly and decides to be moved into another state, the then becomes a trail on unemployment. When the opportunity of employment arises there then might be the issue of the lack of experience that would prevent one from then becoming employed for that job opportunity. On top of such the controversial issue of unemployment, there are then people who are in between jobs who then decide to switch to take another job but during that time period they are considered unemployed and then another number added to the unemployed statistic. Lastly Government policies continue to be used to affect things such as international trade that also cause a direct result on the employment rates. An increase in international trade like an increase in any industry would increase the employment but the Government continues to look for ways to keep their dollar as high as possible which can sometimes make products less competitive.
 * 6. Cassidy Greenzeig**
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