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Middle Class Task Force

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Chrysler Emerges From its Dark Days

Jared Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recovery, Economic Recovery, Economic Stimulus Package, Joe Biden, Stimulus, Middle Class Task Force, Business News

In the year before we took office, the auto industry shed 431,300 jobs. But in the 13 months since GM and Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy, auto industry employment has increased by 76,300, a huge reversal.

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Work-Life Balance: Help Is on the Way

Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Middle Class Task Force, Benefits, Caregiving, Employees, Child Care, Employers, Senior Care, Work-Life Balance, Work-Life Fit, Healthy Living News

The amount parents spend on child care takes up an average of 15 percent of their household income. For most families, child care is the second-highest monthly expense behind rent or mortgage.

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This Time, We Can't Leave the Middle Class Behind

Jared Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Middle Class Task Force, Jared Bernstein, Economic Recovery, President Obama, Obama Recovery, Obama Economy, Recession, Politics News

Yes, we want to see a GDP recovery take hold as soon as possible. But even then, we won't be done: not until the prosperity we're generating reaches everyone who's contributing to it.

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Biden Promotes Green Jobs Program To Receptive Coloradans

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Middle Class Task Force, Denver-Colorado, Green Jobs, Colorado, Joe Biden, Green News

In a tiny corner of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Biden and his entourage of Cabinet members unveiled plans to spend $500 million to train re...

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Biden Economic Adviser Says Green Jobs Could Help Unemployed, Underemployed (VIDEO)

Spotlight On Poverty | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Middle Class Task Force, Unemployment, Jared Bernstein, Green Collar Economy, Green Jobs, Video, Green News

The Middle Class Task Force, headed up by Vice President Joe Biden, has already had a lot of emphasis on green jobs, and Biden's chief economist isn't...

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What Are Green Jobs? Joe Biden's Answer (VIDEO)

WhiteHouse.gov | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Middle Class Task Force, Green Collar Economy, Green Jobs, Economy, Middle Class, Video, Green News

One of the questions that keeps coming up lately is this: What's a green job? What do they look like, where are they going to come from and who's goin...

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Biden: Green Jobs Will Aid Middle Class

Philadelphia Inquirer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Biden is kicking off his Middle Class Task Force work in Philadelphia today, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer: Vice President Joe Biden will be ...

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