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zbdent

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6. We've had a preview of the Romney presidency ...

Reply to cynatnite (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 07:53 PM

Sep 2012

roadblocks in place in the "road to recovery" ...

put down 10 minutes after the polls closed in November 2010 ... when the Repugnicons retook the House.

The 'baggers suddenly found that someone was actually taking them seriously ... the Speaker came grovelling to them for guidance.

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368,000 people stopped looking for work... [View all] cynatnite Sep 2012 OP

We've got a long road ahead, but we can get there. We're still recovering from the storm JaneyVee Sep 2012 #1

Agree completely! We need to keep our feet on the ground, though. n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #2

how many senate republicans voted for the jobs bill last year? and Gabi Hayes Sep 2012 #3

I'd like to see the direct-hire rate compared to contracting through head-hunters. patrice Sep 2012 #4

We lost roughly 3 million jobs in early 2009... Drunken Irishman Sep 2012 #5

We've had a preview of the Romney presidency ... zbdent Sep 2012 #6

It may be slower, but... Carla in Sequim Sep 2012 #7

I'd like to see a break down EC Sep 2012 #8

Don't people stop looking for work every month these days? Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #9

I have always wondered how they come up with how many people stopped looking for work ashling Sep 2012 #10

Not downplaying the plight of the struggling to find work but must ask, since when did GOP care nc4bo Sep 2012 #11

+1 they only care because they can USE it! BarackTheVote Sep 2012 #12

It's August. graywarrior Sep 2012 #13

I wondered about that. I was offered a job a few days ago. n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #14