U.S Rep. Joe Pitts sent the following in reference to today’s news that the jobless rate here crept to its highest level in more than 26 years, to 7.4 percent, in July:
“These statistics underscore the seriousness of this recession. I think we all need to keep those who are unemployed in our prayers.
“Unfortunately, the […]

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So says Ed.
From the Inky:
The dust had not yet settled on the federal stimulus debate when Gov. Rendell said yesterday that Pennsylvania had escaped disaster. In fact, Rendell said, the state will get almost the full $5 billion he was seeking in budget aid over three years. “No major damage was done to us,” Rendell […]

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Railing against the $1.1 billion line item in the stimulus package he says would “prepare the country for socialized medicine,” Lancaster County’s representative in the U.S. House said: “Using this so-called stimulus bill to move the country towards the agenda of the left is wrong. First the bailout. Now the stimulus. Millions of dollars in […]

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Ouch.

From The Keystone Research Center:
This morning the federal government reported that the national economy shed more than nearly 600,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate rose to 7.6 percent. Although official Pennsylvania job numbers for January won’t be released until later this month, the new national numbers imply a likely loss of nearly 30,000 […]

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