Sean Patrick Maloney: “The Bush economy continues to be unfriendly to America's workers. Earlier this month, we learned that employers added…”

“The Bush economy continues to be unfriendly to America's workers. Earlier this month, we learned that employers added only 75,000 jobs to their payrolls in May, about half of what we need just to keep up with normal growth in the labor market. Wage growth was disappointing again in May, continuing a pattern in which workers cannot get ahead of rising costs in gasoline, housing, health care, and on education for their children, even though their productivity keeps growing. The benefits of economic growth under President Bush are showing up in the bottom lines of companies and in the pockets of shareholders, but not in the paychecks of America's workers. Mr. Speaker, this country needs a new direction. ____________________”