Americans are facing tough economic times. On the heels of the slowest recovery since World War II, the economy shed about 2 million jobs in 2008 and unemployment rose to levels not seen since the early 1990s. We continue to export jobs at an ever- accelerating rate, making good jobs harder to find. Outside the farm sector, real wages are falling after accounting for inflation. While corporations may be earning more, working Americans are earning less, and the gap between the richest Americans and those at the lower end of the earnings ladder persists.
It is time to put America on a new course, undoing a legacy of eight years of failed economic policies that led the country into a recession.
We must invest in green jobs -- jobs in industries that will not only put money into hardworking Americans’ pockets, but better America too.
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