New February Jobs Numbers Are Encouraging
"Today's 227,000 increase in net new jobs in February announced by the Labor Department is a good sign that the economy is starting to produce private sector employment," said Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future. "But now that the economy is struggling to maintain job growth, it would be a huge and dangerous mistake if Congress and the President now slam on the brakes by imposing new spending cuts on a still-sluggish economy," he warned. Read the full story
