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December 05, 2008

Unemployment numbers in literary riffing

First, who has NOT blogged about the unemployment numbers in the crapper, the worst in job cuts since the first oil crisis?

But, there are a couple of ways to look at it.

One is, per Mark Twain and obits:
When I got up in the morning and didn’t see my name as among those being fired, it was a good day.


The other, per a guy named Ronald Reagan:
Recovery starts when George W. Bush leaves the White House.


The unemployment rate has climbed 2 full percentage points in a year. Wunderbar.

Want more fun news? Home mortgage foreclosures hit nearly 1.4 million last month.

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