Unemployment Numbers

07.06.121:30 PM ET

Today's Dismal Jobs Report

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 11: Applicants wait to enter a job fair on June 11, 2012 in New York City. Some 400 people arrived early for the event held by National Career Fairs, and up to 1,000 people were expected by the end of the day. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) — Applicants wait to enter a job fair on June 11, 2012 in New York City. (John Moore / Getty Images)

For a country that supposedly scorns European-style social democracy, the US has proved a very apt pupil of the European willingness to shrug off mass long-term joblessness.