January 4, 2008

The Bush ecomnitude

"... sucks major monkey ass," say analysts.

Hiring practically stalled in December, driving the nation's unemployment rate up to a two-year high of 5 percent and fanning fears of a recession. Employers last month added the fewest new jobs to their payrolls in more than four years. The report showed that employment conditions are deteriorating, strained by a housing slump and credit crunch that are sapping economic strength.

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