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Paul Krugman Ruins My Peaceful Saturday Afternoon

Posted on June 14, 2008

Paul Krugman writes: Job creation? - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog: Dean Baker is upset at a news report suggesting that John McCain unlike Barack Obama! is concerned with job creation. I feel his pain. If there s one thing that stands out above all over the economic record of the past 16 years, it s the contrast between stellar employment performance under Clinton and dismal performance under Bush. You can offer various excuses and explanations, but how anyone can suggest that Republicans are more committed to and/or credible about job creation is a mystery...

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