In Swing States, Growth of Jobs Has Faltered

[Inland]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/business/23econ.html?oref=login



"As job growth has picked up in many areas of the country, employment has continued to falter in some crucial battleground states, the government reported yesterday.

"In the last state-level employment report to be issued before the election on Nov. 2, the Labor Department found that the job market in September remained relatively weak in the politically divided states along the Great Lakes, and it even took a tumble in Florida, which was hit hard this summer by several hurricanes.

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"Of the three states that have fewer people working now than they did 12 months ago, one was Michigan, which has lost 52,500 jobs, and one was Ohio, which has shed nearly 18,000 jobs. The third was Massachusetts.

"Ohio, despite its September gains, is still more than 200,000 jobs short of where it was when President Bush took office.
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[Anakin Skywalker]

1. You're Kidding!

What? This can't be!

"We will not falter", "The economy is strong" - the Rovian lines of G.W. Bush.

Bye bye, Bush! If there is any justice in this world, all those job losses will come back to bite bush in the ass!

[Inland]

2. Yeah, it's news to Bush, but not the citizens