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The New Poor: Despite Signs of Recovery, Long-Term Unemployment Rises

Quoted: â??We have a work-based safety net without any work,â? said Timothy M. Smeeding, director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. â??People with more education and skills will probably figure something out once the economy picks up. Itâ??s the ones with less education and skills: thatâ??s the new poor.â?