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John Spratt: we are one million jobs short to the number of jobs we had on March 1, 2001, when the last recession started. It was…

On the recordSeptember 21, 2004
we are one million jobs short to the number of jobs we had on March 1, 2001, when the last recession started. It was over in November. And we are still a million jobs short of that despite the supposed economic stimulus which obviously did not stimulate the economy by nearly enough.
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John Spratt
South Carolina

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Discussing job losses and economic stimulus effectiveness.

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