Redefining ‘unemployment’ to ‘re-employment’ through benefits

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Like many of you, I watched last month as President Obama gave his third State of the Union address. While I’ll leave the analysis of good-speech-bad-speech to the legion of pundits on network and cable news, one particular section of the president’s remarks struck me.

At one point, Obama, in discussing the nation’s unemployment level said:

Kelley Butler
Editor-In-Chief and Conference Co-Chair

Kelley M. Butler is the Editor-in-Chief of Employee Benefit News, the nation's No. 1 business trade publication for benefits professionals, covering news and trends in health, retirement, work-life … Read full bio


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