If you think about it, that 10% (at the time, now it's 9.7) unemployment rate actually reflects the people who are currently collecting unemployment. This doesn't reflect that some people are no longer collecting unemployment because their benefits have run out. Nor does it reflect that some people are too proud to collect unemployment and choose not to ask for it because their spouse or other income makes their conditions livable. They choose not to rip off the government. On the other hand, this could be inaccurate as some people will work 'under the table' and collect cash payments for services rendered and collect unemployment at the same time.
Many folks choose not to get jobs when their unemployment pay is more than what they could get for working. This is a scary case, but very real right now.
Yes, the GOP's claim was semantically wrong, but essentially the truth. People are struggling finding jobs at the wage they used to receive.
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