 There were another 5.7 million people who were unemployed, but for technical reasons were not counted as unemployed. And there were 4.4 million people who wanted to work full-time but could only find part-time work. When you total these numbers together, you get over 16 million people who are still needing work. We are an extremely rich country. We can put these people to work if we elect politicians who care about the poor.