Geithner: U.S. unemployment could rise

Joanne98

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Tue Aug-03-10 07:47 AM
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Geithner: U.S. unemployment could rise

Source: Reuters

Aug 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday said the unemployment rate could rise for a couple of months before it goes down.

"It's possible you're going to have a couple of months where it goes up," he said on ABC's "Good Morning America" show. "But what we expect to see ... is an economy that's gradually healing, of course we want to do what we can to reinforce that process."

He also said he would stay in his job as long as President Barack Obama wanted him there.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0313794020100803

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izquierdista

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Tue Aug-03-10 07:51 AM
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1. I'd like it to rise by one

And that one, if chosen correctly, could make all the difference in the world.

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deacon

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Tue Aug-03-10 07:55 AM
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2. Thank bush and the GOP. n/t

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discocrisco01

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Tue Aug-03-10 07:59 AM
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3. Eventually You Cannot Blame For This, Obama Did Not Stimulate Economy Enough

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fascisthunter

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Tue Aug-03-10 08:34 AM
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4. thanks asshole.... for making it possible

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robcon

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Tue Aug-03-10 08:37 AM
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5. Bad timing for the November elections

n/t

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seabeckind

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Tue Aug-03-10 10:54 AM
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6. Can't get anything past Timmy, can you

Then maybe the stimulus should have included penalties for those companies who eliminate jobs. In fact, if these companies were forced to pay penalties (like Whirlpool), it might have reduced the cost of the stimulus.

Instead the democrats now have to try to spin this guy for the November elections. Maybe someone should have dusted off the 1933 playbook.

Instead of asking the guys who eliminated the jobs to tell us how to make more.

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saigon68

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Tue Aug-03-10 10:56 AM
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7. Disgusting

Good thing our children still have a War to Fight

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OnionPatch

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Tue Aug-03-10 10:58 AM
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8. Of course it will.

As long as corporations are allowed to trawl the world for the most desperate poor workers in places with no environmental or labor laws, we're toast. And as far as I see, no one, not even Democrats, are doing squat about it. We've been sold out.

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OhioChick

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Tue Aug-03-10 11:13 AM
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9. Agreed. n/t

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frylock

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Tue Aug-03-10 11:15 AM
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10. very insightful..

no wonder obama keeps this guy around. :sarcasm:

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Hawkowl

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Tue Aug-03-10 01:04 PM
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11. No shit

From good ole Timmy, Goldman's bitch.

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TK421

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Tue Aug-03-10 01:54 PM
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12. I'm so glad we have this guy around to tell us this....

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