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sheshe2

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Mon Jul 14, 2014, 07:44 PM Jul 2014

This is the best year for job creation since 1999 — so it’s time for the GOP to kill 700,000 jobs

More jobs were created so far this year than in George W. Bush’s eight

There’s no doubt that our recovery has been purposely stifled by the party that bequeathed us the financial crisis. But we just had the best jobs report of the recovery.

The only attack Republicans could put together to sour this good news was to ignore it or point out that part-time employment rose.

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Chastened after their disastrous shutdown fiasco, the GOP made a budget deal and won’t have a chance to shut down the government until September, which would be an insane thing to do right before the election.

So they’re doing the next-best thing: Purposely killing 700,000 jobs.

The AFL-CIO’s Mike Hall explains:

Please go to the link for more:http://www.eclectablog.com/2014/07/this-is-the-best-year-for-job-creation-since-1999-so-its-time-for-the-gop-to-kill-700000-jobs.html

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This is the best year for job creation since 1999 — so it’s time for the GOP to kill 700,000 jobs (Original Post) sheshe2 Jul 2014 OP
I hope they don't kill mine... BootinUp Jul 2014 #1
Congratulations on your new job! sheshe2 Jul 2014 #2
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