August Jobs Miss Administration's Target;

[Beetwasher]

Web Site Monitors Performance of 2003 Tax Cuts in Generating Jobs, Says EPI

To: National Desk

Contact: Nancy Coleman, Karen Conner or Stephaan Harris of the Economic Policy Institute, 202-775-8810, http://www.jobwatch.org

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the Bush administration fell 437,000 jobs short in August, losing 93,000 jobs, instead of creating the 344,000 it had projected for each month after July 2003.<\b> The Economic Policy Institute is launching a new web site today, JobWatch.org, that monitors the performance of the 2003 tax cuts in generating jobs, and tracks job and wage trends.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030905/180/562rf.html

They predicted a gain of 344,000 jobs and lost 93,000 instead?????? :shrug:

[ewagner]

1. Hmmmm

Dubya prolly thinks it's fuzzy math

[Parche]

6. New hiring

Halliburton and Bechtel are hiring for jobs

[UpInArms]

2. boy are those tax cuts really working out swell!

:mad:

[ixion]

3. now, someone tell me how Chimpy is going to make

3 million jobs in the next year. Any takers?

[keopeli]

4. He could offer 3 million military jobs. We need a bigger military. NM

[jayfish]

7. The New "New Deal"?

The Conswerves would have a fit...right? ;-)
Jay

[JohnyCanuck]

5. Bigger tax cuts to his rich,sheister cronies?

That should do the trick

[VolcanoJen]

8. Dupe... locking

This is essentially the same story as reported early in LBN by NNN0LHI. That thread can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=98777

Beetwasher, your jobwatch.org link is very interesting, and I hope you'll post it within the other thread!

Thanks!
VolcanoJen
DU Moderator