On May 22, 7:46 pm, Steve from Colorado <
gass...@hushmail.com> wrote:
> As the U.S. bleeds jobs, politicians say we need to welcome tens of
> millions of immigrants to make things worse.
>
>
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63F2NT20100521>
> The Labor Department said the number of mass layoff events -- defined
> as job cuts involving at least 50 people from a single employer --
> increased by 228 to 1,856 as employers shed 200,870 jobs on a
> seasonally adjusted basis.
>
> The U.S. jobs market is lagging the broader economic recovery that
> started in the second half of 2009. Since December 2007, when the
> worst recession in 70 years started, the U.S. economy has shed more
> than 8 million jobs and the latest data suggest it will take some time
> to make up for those losses.