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Romney Supporters Reach for Tinfoil Hats Over Jobs Numbers

by Chris Prevatt • October 8, 2012 • 5 Comments

When the U.S. Bureau of Statistics (BLS) released the September Jobs Report on Friday, that loud shriek you heard was Tea Party “conservatives” running for the shelter of their tinfoil hats.

by Chris Prevatt • October 5, 2012 • 2 Comments

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Photo: Chris Prevatt

The U.S. Department of Labor announced this morning that the jobless rate has dropped below 8 % for the first time in almost four years. The number of people reporting they’re employed has jumped by 873,000 in the month of September. The percentage of unemployed dropped from 8.1% to a 44-month low.