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Year's end to make ends meet. now it's between $400,000 and $700,000 jobs will be lost, everything has got to go. in colorado springs, they're shutting off the street lights to save $1.2 million. in camden, new jersey, they're 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. it's obvious that cuts need to be made. but guess who doesn't want any of these cuts to happen? guess who can't give in? no, no, never. yeah! unions. unions, you see. why? they'...

Year's end to make ends meet. now it's between $400,000 and $700,000 jobs will be lost, everything has got to go. in colorado springs, they're shutting off the street lights to save $1.2 million. in camden, new jersey, they're 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. it's obvious that cuts need to be made. but guess who doesn't want any of these cuts to happen? guess who can't give in? no, no, never. yeah! unions. unions, you see. why? they'...

>> 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 don't 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. they've been cutting payroll for a while now, some places 20%, others 40% and sometimes even 60%,...

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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 jobsites online all the time. but in the end, even after doing all of those things and not finding a ...