Did you know that the number of Americans who are out of work right now is far higher than it was at any point during the Great Recession? I know that sounds crazy, but I will prove it to you in this article. A whopping 111 million Americans do not have a job, and we are spending more than a trillion dollars a year on the social safety net that supports them. Of course, we cannot afford to do this because the national debt has already reached 39 trillion dollars, and it is growing at an astounding rate. If we do not fix our economy, disaster is inevitable.