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"Our economy has begun to turn a corner, but we've still got a long way to go. We've still got a lot of Americans out there who are looking for a job or looking for a job that pays better than the one that they've got."
Unexplained was that 25 million are unemployed. Millions more are underemployed.
The real unemployment rate's about 22.5%, not the fake 8.2% figure. The economy's dead. Main Street's in a protracted Depression. Force-fed austerity worsens it. Poverty or households approaching it's at record levels.
Millions are suffering. Political Washington's indifferent. No matter. Friday was a day for "celebrating a rare bipartisan achievement on legislation that had been pushed by Republicans and embraced by Mr. Obama in his (January) State of the Union address."House majority leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said:
"I hope it represents the kind of bipartisan work that we can accomplish here in Washington over the next few months. We have a very difficult economic situation still. We are nowhere near out of the woods."
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called the bill a "key part of the Republican jobs plan," adding:
It's "good news for entrepreneurs and aspiring small businesspeople struggling to overcome government barriers to job creation."
"The House will continue to lead the way on jobs, and with help from President Obama and Senate Democrats, we can get these things done for the people we serve and the country we love."
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