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goobster  ·  1691 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the last four weeks

I'm betting unemployment passes 50m in the next 2 months.

IIRC the "are employed" category of Americans generally hovers 150m, out of the 330m people in the country.

1/3 of Americans unemployed for, say, 3 months, is going to Change Shit. Big time.