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Years end to make ends meet. now its between $400,000 and $700,000 jobs will be lost, everything has got to go. in colorado springs, theyre shutting off the street lights to save $1.2 million. in camden, new jersey, theyre closing all three of the libraries. the governor of wyoming is threatening to sell off state-owned land in the grand pecan national park. cops, firefighters, teachers, all cut across the country. its obvious that cuts need to be made. but guess who doesnt want any of these cut...

Years end to make ends meet. now its between $400,000 and $700,000 jobs will be lost, everything has got to go. in colorado springs, theyre shutting off the street lights to save $1.2 million. in camden, new jersey, theyre closing all three of the libraries. the governor of wyoming is threatening to sell off state-owned land in the grand pecan national park. cops, firefighters, teachers, all cut across the country. its obvious that cuts need to be made. but guess who doesnt want any of these cut...

>> translator: there are hundreds of thousands of excess workers, some analysts calculate the excess jobs exceed 1 million. >> a full fifth of the official workforce. >> economists say the inflated payroll helps keep unemployment low, but those state workers often dont have a lot to do. one reason you can find so many people on the street at 11:00 a.m. on a work day. >> state salaries average just $20 a month. we asked cubans if they were worried about layoffs. this woman said people are nervous...

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Unemployment benefits. when those ran out, i had to make a decision. so it was time to move away from a lofty apartment and move back home to family. and there i got a lot of support. it helped me find a job and helped make ends meet. i just had to do whatever i needed to do to stay afloat. >> and it seems like you had done all the right things. we met you at a job fair. you had been going to a number of job fairs religiously. you had updated your resume. you were networking. you were checking j...