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[**High Unemployment Masked by Exploding **Disability** Claims that Lead to **...****][3]
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by Hans Bader on February 16, 2012 · 0 comments The official unemployment rate is going down, but that's partly because many long-term unemployed people went onto Social Security **Disability**, citing ailments such as depression.
[FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty:][4]CNN (blog)

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