According to the labor department, it's surpassed the economic downturn of the 80s:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090206/economy.html?.v=14Snippet:
Recession-battered employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, and catapulted the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. The grim figures were further proof that the nation's job climate is deteriorating at an alarming clip with no end in sight.SNIP
>As of today he's trying scare tactics - "the economy is worse than the Great Depression". No, it's not. Look at the 1980 unemplyment rates and economy.
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No disagreement with any of your other statements. :o)
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