LABOR DAY, AND THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO

Obama Calls for $50 Billion Public Works Plan

Florida slow to spend federal stimulus cash

FIU gives downcast Labor Day report on state of Florida's work force - St. Petersburg Times

KSC workers refocus as cuts creep close

Alex Sink for Governor of Florida - Agenda | Jobs & Economy

Republican foes, lobbyists now flock to Scott

Commentary: Democrats for Crist? Stick with party, not polls.

Many Democrats more anti-Rubio than pro-anyone - Beth Reinhard

Schultz: Vote to repeal state's incumbent protection plan

LABOR DAY, AND THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO

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Let's see where we are: 14.6 million people are officially out of work – 7.3 million of them for more than half a year. In the past two years, 55 percent of Americans have directly felt the sting of our country's ongoing Jobs Depression – 32 percent of this majority have lost jobs, 28 percent have had their hours involuntarily reduced, 23 percent have been forced to take pay cuts, and 11 percent have had their jobs converted from full-time to part-time07

Obama Calls for $50 Billion Public Works Plan

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MILWAUKEE — President Obama, looking to stimulate a sluggish economy and create jobs, called Monday for Congress to approve major upgrades to the nation’s roads, rail lines and runways — part of a six-year plan that would cost tens of billions of dollars and create a government-run bank to finance innovative transportation projects

Florida slow to spend federal stimulus cash

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WASHINGTON — Florida agencies have spent only about 40 percent of their share of federal stimulus money, a slow flow of funds that has made a limited impact on the state's dire job market.

FIU gives downcast Labor Day report on state of Florida's work force

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Researchers at Florida International University are overflowing with numbing numbers that illustrate the Great Recession's destructive force

KSC workers refocus as cuts creep closer

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Jaci Remrey woke up early one morning and thought, "Five weeks. That's all that's left of my job."
Remrey, 59, of Cocoa Beach, was recently notified she was being let go from Wiltech Corp. of Florida based at Kennedy Space Center. Her last day is Oct. 1

Alex Sink for Governor of Florida - Agenda | Jobs & Economy

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Getting our state through this recession and coming out stronger and more prosperous on the other side will require a leader with experience in private business whose focus has always been entrepreneurship and problem solving

Republican foes, lobbyists now flock to Scott

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TALLAHASSEE — In the aftermath of a mean-spirited primary, supporters of vanquished Bill McCollum are eagerly boarding the Rick Scott bandwagon, especially those Tallahassee special interests Scott vilified in the primary.

Commentary: Democrats for Crist? Stick with party, not polls.

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Some in the Florida Democratic Party have gone missing. In the middle of one of the most important election cycles in Florida and U.S. history, some Democrats have run from policies to play politics instead of sticking to the principles that make us Democrats

Many Democrats more anti-Rubio than pro-anyone

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Remember the saying ``Anyone But Bush'' among Democrats in 2004 who feared a second term by George W. Bush?
Florida Democrats are slinging a variation on the slogan for 2010: ``Anyone But Rubio.'

Schultz: Vote to repeal state's incumbent protection plan

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In poll after poll, voters rage against the "political Establishment." On Nov. 2, Florida voters can put this rage to good use.
For all the justified griping about lobbyists and special interests, nothing exemplifies insider politics like the process every 10 years by which politicians in Florida pick their voters, rather than risk letting voters pick their politicians. It is to democracy what dealing from the bottom of the deck is to poker.