Parsing the Numbers in Rick Perry's ‘93 Million Not Working’ Quote
The former Texas governor tries inclusiveness in talking about unemployment.
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Numbers. There are lots of them. And Rick Perry's got 93 million.
“We've already got 93 million people not working in this country,” the Republican presidential candidate declared Friday, about 45 minutes before the U.S. Labor Department announced the unemployment rate had crept up to 5.5 percent.