To put that number in the context of the pre-stimulus projections;
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A proper reading of the chart will tell you that unemployment now is worse then what the Obama administration predicted it would be if the stimulus was never passed.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
"The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in October, and nonfarm
payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. The largest job losses over the month were in con-
struction, manufacturing, and retail trade."
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