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Jobs Deficit

Warning: Deficit Delusions Endanger Your Job

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics
Read More: Jobs, Economic Growth, Deficits, Budget Debate, Austerity, Congress-Sequester, Republicans Deficit, Obama Debt, Obama Sequestration, Obama Economy, Jobs Deficit, Congress Economy, Budget Deficit, Sequestration, Obama Congress, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

A three-month downturn is a caution, not a catastrophe. But Washington seems too wrapped in its deficit delusions to pay attention to the flashing yellow lights. Here's a cautionary guide.

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Tyranny of Plutocracy: Holding People Hostage Over a Fiscal & Climate Cliff

Michele Swenson | Posted 02.26.2013 | Denver
Read More: People's Budget, Economic & Climate Extortion, Tyranny of Plutocracy, Grand Bargain, Speculative Oil Derivatives, Jobs Deficit, William Black, Koch Brothers, Kochtopus, False Deficit Narrative, Alec, Simpson-Bowles, Medicare & Social Security Cuts, Privatization of Commons, Ecological Destruction, Tax Cuts for Elites, Upward Redistribution of Wealth, Victor Menotti, Job Creation, Rep. Jan Shakowsky's Fariness in Taxation Act, Denver News
Michele Swenson

The common good continues to be subordinated to the corporate bottom line in Washington, where dialogue has been almost exclusively reduced to forms of extortion of the working class by the monied class, at the expense of the planet and democracy.

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WATCH: Arianna Takes On The Jobs Deficit.

Huff TV | Posted 10.28.2012 | Politics
Read More: Republican National Convention, Jobs Crisis, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Unemployment, Republican Convention, Elections 2012, Rabbits, U.S. Unemployment Rates, Real Estate, Arianna Huffington, Gop Convention 2012, Jobs Deficit, Video, Politics News
Huff TV

Appearing on CNBC's "Squawk Box" from the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Arianna Huffington discussed The Huffington Post's partnership with...

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Executive Order Could Slash Jobs Deficit

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.03.2011 | Business
Read More: Super Congress, Congress, Small Business, Mccaskill, Executive Order, Federal Contracts, President Obama, Jobs, Budget Deficit, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Jobs Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Unemployment, General Electric, Small Business Administration, American Small Business League, Political Chicken, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Congress' focus is in the wrong place. The biggest challenge the U.S. faces right now is the jobs deficit, not the budget deficit. Unemployment rates determine a healthy and functioning economy, and those rates are reaching new heights.

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Reframing the Deficit Misperception

Max Benavidez | Posted 08.21.2011 | Politics
Read More: Taxes, Entitlements, Morale Deficit, Frame, Most Important Meaures, Narrative, Jobs, Perception, Jobs Deficit, Deficit, Economic Recovery, Unemployment, Reframing, American Dream, Gallup, Meme, Max Benavidez, Job Creation, Unfunded Wars, Politics News
Max Benavidez

In the 20th century we saw examples of what happened when nations were stripped of their morale and lost their spirit. They fell into fascism or totalitarianism. We need job creation and morale building not deficit reduction.

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