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Edwards Statement On New Unemployment Numbers

Date: Feb. 6, 2004
Issues: Taxes

Friday, February 6, 2004

Edwards Statement On New Unemployment Numbers

Senator John Edwards (D-NC) released the following statement today:

"Every month it becomes clear that this president's economic policies are working just as he planned: thousands of manufacturing jobs are shipped overseas because his trade policies and tax loopholes encourage it; corporate profits keep climbing because they are cutting payrolls and benefits, and our twin deficits-our budget deficit and trade and capital deficits-are preventing our country from providing the real investment in our economy that would create hundreds of thousands of jobs every month.

"This economic policy is great for corporate bottom lines, but it is bad for our workers and spits in the face of our values. The evidence is in. The facts are clear. This president's economic policies are not working. The one thing we haven't tried should happen in November: changing these policies by firing George Bush."

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