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Leno: Obama's 'Encouraging More Americans to Give Up Looking for Work' to Bring Down Unemployment
NewsBusters
Noel Sheppard
9/18/2012
Excerpt:
"NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno made a joke Monday about President Obama and the economy that would be funny if it didn't hit so close to home.
Talking about how the unemployment rate only fell last month because of the number of people that dropped out of the labor force, Leno quipped that the President is "encouraging more Americans to give up looking for work so the numbers will come down a little bit"
View the complete article, including video, at:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sh...#ixzz26pkt6S00
NewsBusters
Noel Sheppard
9/18/2012
Excerpt:
"NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno made a joke Monday about President Obama and the economy that would be funny if it didn't hit so close to home.
Talking about how the unemployment rate only fell last month because of the number of people that dropped out of the labor force, Leno quipped that the President is "encouraging more Americans to give up looking for work so the numbers will come down a little bit"
View the complete article, including video, at:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sh...#ixzz26pkt6S00