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20 months of job growth and we have an unemployment rate of 9.8% such great growth. bet those 9.8% are celebrating the great job growth
9.8% Wow! When did it go up?
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Analysts note job cuts so far this year remain "well below" levels two years ago. By this point in 2009, the reports said, planned layoffs totaled nearly 1.2 million.
It's slower that any of us would like, but as Obama said when he was campaigning, the recovery from the economic meltdown during the previous administration will be measured in years, not months. We're on the right track. Keep up the good work President Obama!
Obama also said that if his stimulus bill passed, unemployment would NOT go over 8%.
Obama also said that if his stimulus bill passed, unemployment would NOT go over 8%.
Did he? It's over 8% and jobs are being created. What's your point.
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