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Poll: Creating New Jobs Trumps Fixing Deficit

Fri. October 02, 2009

With unemployment at the highest rate in 26 years, most Americans want the government to create more jobs before it worries about the deficit.

A new survey of public views of the economy, released today by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), shows more than eight of 10 Americans (83 percent) see unemployment as a big problem today.

Read More:  http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/09/30/poll-creating-new-jobs-trumps-fixing-deficit/