Unemployment info

Here are some links discussing the current national unemployment situation. It's not a pretty picture.

• Credit Scoring & Unemployment: A Feedback Cycle
• Paul Krugman breaks down the economic explanation for the possibility of permanently high unemployment
• "Republicans don't want people to get jobs before the elections": Al Franken is one of the few national-level politicians that appears to put his constituents ahead of the ultra-importance of campaigning and is willing to be honest about what's going on. Perhaps it's because he isn't/wasn't a career politician.
• Sen. Schumer is trying to get unemployment benefits extended for those who are more than 99 weeks unemployed