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Opinion: Raising the debt ceiling will do nothing to solve America's real problems
Washington has missed the point. We must return to the American Dream.
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America needs a jobs program – now
Opinion: One of the greatest challenges in our history is going unaddressed.
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US unemployment rate drops to 8.6 percent
The government also added 120K jobs in November.
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America’s Debt Crisis in Photos
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The debt crisis may worsen the U.S. unemployment rate. Job seekers fill out applications for employment during a job fair for San Francisco Bay Area grocery store chain Mollie Stone's Market on February 9, 2011 in San Francisco, California.

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