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(3,910 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2013, 03:49 PM Oct 2013

Papantonio: Austerity Measures Are Poison For America

The government shutdown may have officially ended, but the disastrous policies of the Republicans who shut down the government have been destroying jobs and our economy for months. Austerity measures are poison for America. Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio speaks with journalist David Dayen about how austerity is killing our economy.

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Gee Dubya dug us an economic hole 8 or 9 million jobs deep. LongTomH Oct 2013 #1

LongTomH

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1. Gee Dubya dug us an economic hole 8 or 9 million jobs deep.

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 05:06 PM

Oct 2013

The pundits were saying that it would be at least 2017 before we could return to (cough) full employment. With all this shit, we won't return to anything like full employment (or at least 5-6% unemployment) in the foreseeable future.

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