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The Media Is Catching On: “Created Or Saved” Jobs Numbers Just Don’t Add Up

It is hard to reconcile Friday’s dismal Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report with Vice President Joe Biden’s claim from the previous Friday that “the Recovery Act is operating as advertised.” The BLS related the news that almost 200,000 more jobs... Full Article at Say Anything

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  1. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 06: Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Keith Hall testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill November 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. The unemployment rate in October reached to 10.2 percent, the highest since April, 1983.
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Keith Hall testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, before the Joint Economic Committee hearing on the October jobs report.
  3. WASHINGTON - AUGUST 07: U.S. President Barack Obama makes a brief statement about the economy in the Rose Garden at the White House August 7, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  4. WASHINGTON - AUGUST 07: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Keith Hall testifies before the Congressoinal Joint Economic Committee on Captiol Hill August 7, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  5. FORT LAUDERDALE - APRIL 03: Abran Lopez (2nd L) who was laid off as a landscaper and Angelina Martinez (R), laid off from her construction job, receive food from the pantry at the cooperative feeding program on April 3, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
  6. WASHINGTON - AUGUST 1: Keith Hall, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, (C) arrives for a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill August 1, 2008 in Washington, DC.
  7. WASHINGTON - APRIL 4: Keith Hall, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, speaks during a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill April 4, 2008 in Washington, DC. Hall appeared before the committee to testify about March's employment situation.
  8. WASHINGTON - APRIL 4: Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill April 4, 2008 in Washington, DC. Keith Hall, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, appeared before the committee to testify about March's employment situation.
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