For long-unemployed, hiring bias rears its head

[Shirley0401]

8. and it's only only accellerating

Welcome to the New Normal. Brought to you by declining influence of Labor, business-first policies from both sides of the aisle, and the radicalization/anti-reality bias of the GOP. And I hate to say it, but Obama's not doing all that much to slow things down. Even his healthcare bill, while accomplishing some good, only further ensconces the interests of private insurance providers. You even hear it in language, as economist-speak has trickled into the general vernacular. When wage laborors actually see themselves as "units of labor," rather than human beings, it's game over.
(Side point, because I'm a stickler: "literally" demanding blood and first-born children is still illegal.)