I am definitely not an Republican, but I mostly find Labor politics interesting because I spent 12 months on a research study which looked at how employment has been defined and what constitutes as legitimate data when capturing accurate snap shots of those who are employed, underemployed or simply not employed (due to many driving economic factors).
I think the article by the think-tank, The Pew, weighs in on some interesting issues which is not not always a part of the entire unemployment picture.
It's not easy to find work, in the post-apocalyptic recession in the US. I was unemployed (and underemployed) for two years out of grad school. Although I have been employed full time the past two years in work that I cannot tolerate anymore, I am investigating new employment leads via trades invested in hiring women. Hopefully soon, I will have an entirely better reason for getting up for my work day.
Here's the link to the article by The Pew (see below):
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...-jobs-numbers/
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