Executive Council Statement
Job Loss and Joblessness During the Bush Administration: A Dismal Record Unparalleled in the Past Half-Century
… Chicago, Ill. No measure of the American economy matters more to working families than the jobs it creates and sustains. An economy that hums along with good and plentiful jobs soundly extends hope and opportunity to all while one that limps and staggers denies families the resources they need today, robs them of optimism about the … children and, equally bad, they have no realistic, fair and effective plan to fix the economy and put America back to work. The nation has lost jobs in 25 of the 31 months that President Bush has been in office, making for the worst jobs …