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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Observercast

Real Recovery Is Easy To Spell: J-O-B-S

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER The recession is over! The economy is growing! The Dow Jones is above 10,000! Bankers are pocketing profits and fat bonuses! Happy days are here again! Unless, of course, you’re just a regular working stiff struggling with falling income and rising unemployment – and sensing that your family’s grip on middle-class life is steadily slipping away. Welcome to America’s tinkle-down economy. The latest job numbers mock the smiley-faced claims of economists and […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.