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Economist: Austerity in the states are partly why economy ‘is back at risk’

By | 09.12.11 | 3:06 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Economists tell the Public News Service that austere budget cuts in states such as Florida are “a big part of why the economy is back at risk.”

Florida is among a long list of states that significantly slashed its state budget. According to More…

A Note to the GOP: Employment Is Always Last to Recover From a Downturn

By | 10.06.09 | 11:53 am

There’s a message emerging from Republicans in Congress that says this: rising unemployment numbers are indication that the Democrats’ strategy for economic recovery has been a sheer failure, and they should be removed from office as a result.

What the critics don’t mention is the inconvenient More…