Sanders: Real unemployment still too high

Published November 3, 2016 9:14pm ET



Sen. Bernie, I-Vt., argued Thursday that the current real unemployment rate is unacceptable, and said during a stump speech for Hillary Clinton that too many people have given up looking for work.

“Real unemployment remains much too high,” the Vermont lawmaker said at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio. “If you add people who don’t have any jobs, with people who are working part-time but they want to work full-time.”

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