Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100707:14:46:00
Michigan is among the highest but under a new program there, some jobless residents are going back to school and getting paid if they don't find work. cnn's dan simon explains. >> reporter: eric gibbs works as a roofer, and george an assembly line worker at gm. both now unemployed in the state of michigan. >> when i got laid off from my roofing company job i surged for six months straight nonstop, eight to ten hours a day, even going to mcdonald's and trying to apply. >> reporter: equally bad luck for george who at 56s that harder with employers. >> it became clear the jobs i wanted wasn't out...