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03.02 Public Policy: Assessment
The public policy idea that I would like to touch on is unemployment. For the last couple of
years, unemployment rates have begun to drop steadily as it is now at around 5.3%. This number
is found by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by the number of people who are in
the work force currently. Also, people who are out of work have an opportunity to fill out some
paper work to see if they are available to receive some help financially from the state. Some
people are approved, and some are not, and it is all based on certain qualifications that certain
states may have.
With unemployment, companies pay the cost for this as it makes them lose money. This is simply
since there is no money being put out by these unemployed individuals. Another thing that is
costly is that people will not have income to be able to support themselves or their families at all.