"Look, John's last minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs, J-O-B-S, jobs." Joe Biden.


Hoven's Index for January 11, 2010
Job losses in December 2009: 85,000.
Job losses in all of 2009 (Dec. 2008 to Dec. 2009): 4,164,000.
Jobs gained in previous 8 years (Dec. 2000 to Dec. 2008): 2,589,000.
Unemployment rate in December 2009: 10.0%.
Teen unemployment rate in December 2009: 27.1%.