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Written by Stumo
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Friday, 29 February 2008 |
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This added info from a Rasmussen Poll released today:
Just 16% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters believe the North
American Free Trade Agreement—NAFTA—is good for America. Fifty-five
percent (55%) say the trade agreement negotiated by the Clinton
Administration is bad for the nation. Those numbers are unchanged over
the past week.
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In the news
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Today, the Labor Department reported the economy lost 84,000 payroll jobs in August, after losing 60,000 jobs in July. This was much worse than was expected, as the full weight of banking crisis, rising oil prices and imports from China drive up unemployment.
Unemployment rose to 6.1 percent from 5.7 percent in July. Factoring in discouraged workers, unemployment is closer to 7.7 percent.
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