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Don Davis: “There are 5.9 million people who are actively unemployed.”

Featuring: Don Davis, Democratic | U.S. House, North Carolina, District 1

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Our Ag Future Town Hall with Members of Congress Don Davis and David Rouzer

Published | Video Starts at 15:31

… is some numbers coming out of the U.S. chamber, I mean, you're talking about out there about 9.8 million jobs that right now are vacant. And then we're talking about There are 5.9 million people who are actively unemployed. but are not discouraged enough, but they're identifying themselves as unemployed looking, so to speak. Yeah. And the point that I make is do the math on this. (15:31–15:45)

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