With the nation's unemployment rate still above 9 percent and a steady stream of worrisome labor news (the latest statistic: 429,000 new unemployment claims last week), federal policymakers are facing pressure to do something about joblessness. The giant 2009 stimulus bill was supposed to cut unemployment to less than 7 percent by now — but that clearly hasn't worked as planned.Read more… … Read More
Time to Ax Federal Jobs Programs (via goldcountrypatriots)
28 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
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