Public Pulse
Gallup Poll. "On Deficit, Americans Prefer Spending Cuts; Open to Tax Hikes." July 13, 2011. For more polling on the American Majority, go to OurFuture.org/
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U.S. Census Bureau. "Trade in Goods with Advance Technology Products." Job statistic from Robert E. Scott, "Unfair China Trade Costs Local Jobs," Economic Policy Institute. March 23, 2010. Other research from MBG Information Systems. Click here for a larger version of this chart.
Erica Williams, et al. "New Fiscal Year Brings More Grief for State Budgets, Putting Economic Recovery at Risk." Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. June 29, 2010.
Heather Boushey, et al. "Today's Unemployment Crisis By The Numbers." Center for American Progress and National Employment Law Project. June 29, 2010.
Heather Boushey, et al. "Today's Unemployment Crisis By The Numbers." Center for American Progress and National Employment Law Project. June 29, 2010.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, "The Employment Situation—February 2010," March 5, 2010. Also see Armand Biroonak, "Jobs By Sector Tell a Bleaker Story," OurFuture.org, March 5, 2009.
Gallup Poll. "Underemployed Report Spending 36% Less Than Employed." February 23, 2010. Dollar figure based on $27 daily average spending gap between persons who are full-time workers and those who are underemployed.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment." February 5, 2010.
Far more people responding to a recent Pew Research poll said the nation's top priority should be "strengthening the economy" or "improving the jobs situation" than said "reducing the budget deficit."
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. "The Public's Political Agenda." January 25, 2010.
