Unemployment will certainly be in double-digits next year--and may remain there for some t

Unemployment will certainly be in double-digits next year--and may remain there for some time. And for every person who     1_ as unemployed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ household survey, you can bet there’s another either too     2     to look for work or working part time who’d rather have a full-time job or else taking home less pay than before. And there’s yet another person who’s more fearful that he or she will be the     3     to lose a job.
    4    , 10 percent unemployment really means 20 percent underemployment or anxious employment, all of which translates     5     into late payments on mortgages, credit cards, auto and student loans, and loss of health insurance. It also means sleeplessness for tens of millions of Americans, and, of course,     6     purchases.
Unemployment of this magnitude and duration also translates into ugly     7    , because fear and anxiety are     8     grounds for the political resentment against immigrants, blacks, the poor, government leaders, business leaders, Jews and other easy _9    . It’s already started. Next year is a mid-term election. Be prepared for worse.
So why is unemployment and underemployment so high? And why is it _10     to remain high for some time? Because, as noted, people who are worried about their jobs or have no jobs, and who are also trying to _11     from under a pile of debt, are not going to do a lot of shopping. And businesses that don’t have customers aren’t going to do a lot of new _12    . And foreign nations also suffering high     13     aren’t going to buy a lot of our goods and services. And without customers, panies won’t     14    . They’ll cut payrolls instead.
This brings us to the obvious question: Who’s going to buy the stuff we make or the services we provide, and therefore bring jobs back? There’s only one     15     left: The government.
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