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It continues to be a tough time for people to find or keep work, and our politicians don't seem to be able to do anything about it. As both sides squabble, jobless claims continues to rise and more are forced to cobble together multiple part time jobs to pay the bills. 

Check out what our cartoonist think about the situation in our new Tough job market cartoon slideshow.