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TPEconomy

  1. As job growth slows, will the GOP double down on austerity? thkpr.gs/KikfEr
  2. March and April jobs numbers both revised DOWN.
  3. 69K jobs created in May, unemployment to 8.2%
  4. Boehner revives statistic about millionaires and small businesses that his spokesman already admitted isn't true thkpr.gs/JClInF
  5. 40% of workers report having their benefits reduced in the last 5 years thkpr.gs/KNgzXH
  6. Facebook's falling stock price could be bad news for California's budget thkpr.gs/JBGHHf
  7. New Jersey Gov. Christie is latest to divert foreclosure settlement aid away from homeowners thkpr.gs/KIPzss
  8. IMF director pillories tax evaders while paying no taxes herself thkpr.gs/JAnXrA
  9. Report: The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates in the developed world bit.ly/LbRYL7
  10. College dropouts earn $1 million less during their careers than college graduates bit.ly/M2FuL1
  11. How the debt ceiling debacle hurt the economy, in charts! bit.ly/KOryBa
  12. More workers are going on vacation, indicating a stronger labor market, says Bloomberg News bloom.bg/LB4Utc
  13. Romney selectively edits report by @ulrichboser to justify huge education cuts is.gd/BvUqbN
  14. "Romney Struggles to Steal Bush’s Education Playbook" bloom.bg/KlXmw1 #headlines
  15. Senate Republicans filibuster student loan bill...again thkpr.gs/JqtMrr
  16. Romney's higher education plan is a giveaway to Wall Street and predatory for-profit schools thkpr.gs/JpWXer
  17. Pelosi's "middle class" tax cut extension would largely benefit millionaires bit.ly/Jqb6bA
  18. Kansas Gov. approves massive tax cut for rich that even some Republicans opposed bit.ly/Kf8ZEZ
  19. Congressional Budget Office: Spending cuts won't boost economic growth bit.ly/KeBoLx