The unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent in October, finally cracking that 10 percent ceiling that politicians never thought we'd hit, and I for one am not happy about it.

Sure, with unemployment hovering at 9 point whatever percent for the last few months, squeaking past 10 isn't objectively a huge decline, but psychologically it's enormous.

There are now 15.7 million people without jobs in this country, and that only counts the ones who are still looking. Gave up on your search? Went back to school? Took a crappy low-paying job? That's another 11.7 million of you.

How about those bottoming out jobless claims?