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Too many people are hardly working, not working hard

By Stephen Moore
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Too many people are hardly working, not working hard

The Labor Department recently reported there are now a record 10.9 million job openings in America. That’s twice the size of the entire Ohio labor force.

Yet the Labor Department also has counted some 8 million unemployed people. So what in the world is going on here? Why aren’t the 8 million workers allegedly looking for jobs filling any of the 10.9 million open positions? Could it be they aren’t looking very hard?

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