The 2012 presidential election may boil down to who has the best solution to the jobs problem. People with jobs are worried about losing them. People without jobs are more numerous — and have been unemployed longer — than any time in decades. Employers are reluctant to hire because the economic future is so uncertain.
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BURNET — Plans to build a new public library may face a lengthy delay or even disaster if much-needed funds do not become available by the end of the month, organizers warn. “We are talking to some people,” said Jo Karr Tedder, the library project manager. “We are reaching out to people we know have
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I’m sorry to hear that the university’s $750 million endowment has fallen in value to $500 million because of the recession and because your bank died. I’m also sorry to hear that you’re dealing with declining enrollment due to the fact that middle-class families are no longer willing or able to bet their homes on
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