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David Obey: 3 million jobs that have been destroyed in the first place by the policies of the very administration that you are…

On the recordJune 28, 2005
3 million jobs that have been destroyed in the first place by the policies of the very administration that you are bragging about. You destroyed 3 million jobs and then gradually the economy recovered and you built back so you came back to about square one. I would not brag about having the worst job creation record of any president since Herbert Hoover. If you think that is a great achievement, that puts us in a different league.
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