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Monday, February 13, 2012

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
USA Today | America's long-term jobless still struggling
J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes — even prays — this will be the day when his fortunes turn around.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | The States Are Leading a Pro-Growth Rebellion
After the 2008 election, Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and, of course, the presidency. They used that victory to push through an agenda as radical as any seen in this country since FDR—unprecedented deficit-financed stimulus spending, more regulations, a new health-care entitlement, etc.