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Friday, January 09, 2004

Only 1,000 Net New Jobs in December


Daily Mislead : While the Bush/Cheney re-election website promotes the idea that the economy is "stepping on the gas pedal," new figures released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed hiring to be flat in December 2003 with a net gain of 1,000 jobs.2 A new report released today by the Economic Policy Institute finds that the Bush administration's assertion that the president's 2003 tax cut fell 1.615 million jobs short of its prediction for the year.

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