Executive Council Statement
Restoring America's Economic Health
… job growth, low unemployment, rising wages, declining poverty, expanding health coverage and record budget surpluses to one that is decidedly bleaker for most Americans. The Bush economy is marked by fewer jobs, more unemployment for longer … poverty and more personal bankruptcies, less retirement security, unprecedented and unsustainable trade deficits, a return to massive federal budget deficits and financial catastrophe for the states. This breathtaking deterioration in the nation’s … has hovered around 6 percent, an eight-year high. Ten million unemployed workers want jobs but cannot find them; 4 million work part-time because they cannot find full-time positions. There are three job seekers for every job opening. And things …