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A Bit Of Sort-Of Good News On Manufacturing Jobs

Today's jobs report has a bit of sort-of good news for manufacturing employment: 21,000 new jobs! At that rate President Obama ... won't ... make it to his goal of 1 million new manufacturing jobs in his second term. (Note: Passing Fast Track so the big corporations...

Enormous, Humongous December Trade Deficit

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released trade deficit figures for December, which also means we can add up the totals for 2013. Our "oil boom" lowered the total, but goods and services got worse, with our China problem setting another record. The...

The Latest Lie: "Obamacare Kills 2 Million Jobs"

On Tuesday the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report saying 2 million-plus people who are only working in order to get health care will finally be able to leave those jobs thanks to the Affordable Care Act. This will open up badly needed jobs. The...

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