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10 hours ago ago from Democrats of Senate District 24 - Moving Texas Forward
Harold Meyerson | The Washington Post The Democrats have shifted their focus, they tell us relentlessly, to jobs, jobs, jobs. Would that they had. In fact, the job proposals coming from the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress are far too small to seriously reduce the massive unemployment created when the financial and housing bubbles popped. Many Democratic leaders know that, and some want to do more. The ...
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12 hours ago ago from New Mexico Watchdog
Government continues to be the major beneficiary of federal stimulus funds, both in jobs funded and funds received. The most recent New Mexico data show that of the 4,582 stimulus-funded jobs reported for the last quarter of 2009, 65% were with government entities. The zip code for the state capitol received 72% of the all the funds allocated for the entire state. The 3d Congressional District, which includes the large public sector ...
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4 hours ago ago from RSS - CBS News
The Jobs Measure Has Bipartisan Backing and Would Cost Roughly $80 Billion Link , posted by rss-2-lj gate , Date: 'Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:30:08 EST'
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14 hours ago ago from The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.
The snowstorms that have already dumped over two feet of snow on the nation's Capitol and that are threatening to dump another 12 to 16 inches , have grounded the legislative process to a halt . But that might not be such a bad thing. Senate Democrats had hoped they could pass President Barack Obama's second stimulus today, but with only three of the Senate’s 100 lawmakers able to make it to the chamber, that vote has been postponed ...
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Robert Reich: Obomanomics One Year Out
13 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Obamanomics suffers from a misunderstanding of what the president is trying to achieve and what he's up against. Into the breach come Republicans, Tea Partiers, nay-sayers, deficit vultures, and Raging-Dog Democrats, all viewing Obamanomics as more taxes and more spending. That's nonsense. To see the big picture, keep your eye on three big things. 1. Government spending needed to offset the continued reluctance of consumers and businesses ...
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13 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
There was one group, one big "arrow in the quiver" so to speak, which was clearly missing in the President's call-to-arms on jobs in his first State of the Union Speech - it was the nation's CEOs and business leaders. Assuming that the economists in the administration start focusing more on 'real' unemployment and less on GDP growth and stop believing that a "job is a job" and that the decline in our nation's manufactured goods can be ...
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5 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
Stimulus Plan A didn't work to create jobs or reduce unemployment. That was the $165 billion of tax rebates and money for states in February 2008. Plan B flopped too. That was last February's stimulus that has devoted $862 billion into mostly government programs. The unemployment rate climbed steadily until last month, and the main lasting impact has been nearly $1 trillion added to the national debt. Now comes Plan C, another February ...
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13 hours ago ago from CNN Money
Getting a job just got a little easier By Jessica Dickler, staff writer February 9, 2010: 11:12 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- With 14.8 million people out of work , competition for new jobs is easing ever so slightly, according to a government report released Tuesday. There are now about 5.9 job seekers, on average, competing for each job opening, according to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey from the Bureau of ...
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10 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Obama speaks hopefully of movement on jobs bill WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he doesn't think it's necessary to get an ideal jobs package out of Congress, but that passing something quickly could build momentum toward greater achievements. Obama told reporters Tuesday he thinks Democrats and Republicans agree on a number of elements in a jobs bill, including eliminating capital gains for small businesses and finding ways ...
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