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February 4, 2012

As Obama Crows, Real Story Is 10.5 Million Jobs Deficit

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Jobs: Of course it's good news that 243,000 new jobs were created in January, shaving the unemployment rate to 8.3%. But thanks to massive policy errors by the White House, we're still way below where we should be.

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