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By Danny Schechter

"Last month, another 600,000 Americans lost their jobs," Mr. Obama said. "That is the single worst month of job loss in 35 years. The Department of Labor also adjusted their job loss numbers for 2008 upwards, and now report that we have lost 3.6 million jobs since this recession began."

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21942.htm



The Destructive Center

By Paul Krugman

What do you call someone who eliminates hundreds of thousands of American jobs, deprives millions of adequate health care and nutrition, undermines schools, but offers a $15,000 bonus to affluent people who flip their houses? A proud centrist.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article21941.htm

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Job Losses Continue at Accelerated Pace

Heather Boushey, The Center for American Progress: "January was a dismal month for U.S. workers: Employers shed 598,000 jobs and the unemployment rate jumped to 7.6 percent. The economy has lost 3.6 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007 and 1.8 million jobs just over the past three months. The United States has not seen job losses of this magnitude over a three-month period since 1945. The spike in unemployment in January brings the total number of people out of work to 11.6 million - 4.1 million more than a year ago."

http://www.truthout.org/020909LA



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