Obama Jobs Forum May Be More Political Than Practical (Pagin Captain Obvious!)
President Barack Obama's December jobs forum may be better at serving his political need to show the White House cares about sky-high U.S. unemployment, than discovering new ways to cheaply boost economic growth. Obama said last week he was interested in measures to speed job creation without spending money and warned that running up more debt could risk a double-dip recession. CNBC.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The White House has already stressed that the Dec. 3 jobs conference will not be about a second stimulus package. Obama is under pressure to tackle the highest U.S. unemployment in a generation, which, at 10.2 percent,...
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