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Prime Numbers: Labor Day Blues as Job Growth Slows

High Blood Pressure: New Choices

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Governors Races Favor GOP

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Tennis: Big Win for N.Y. Economy

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Automakers 'Overhaul' Details

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25 Percent of Employed Were Jobless During Recession

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Bernanke Testifies On Financial Crisis

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THE BUDGET

Obama Ponders Next Move on the Economy

Lessons from California’s Budget Woes

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Best Pla…

Murkowski Concedes GOP Primary

HEALTH CARE

Pawlenty Challenges Health Care Law

Health Insurance Tax to Affect Small Bu…

Workers Pay More for Health Care

Regulators Probe Health Credit Cards

THE ECONOMY

2nd Rig Blast Could Extend Drilling Ban

Slow Job Growth Casts Pall on Labor Day

Risk of Double-Dip Recession High

Unemployment Rate Rises

TAXES

Taxpayer Identity Theft Rises

Obama Team Considers New Stimulus

Dems Retreat from Hiking Taxes on Rich

LIFE + MONEY

Gas Prices Expected to Fall

Earl Downgraded to Category 1

Pending Home Sales Rise

Good News for Retailers in August

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Hilda Solis
U.S. Secretary of Labor

"Unemployment is still sky-high. How will you fix it?"

"The tide is turning. We’re now averaging 95,000 new jobs a month. We want to help workers upgrade skills so they can fill a wider variety of good jobs."
"On Labor Day weekend, tell us how you’ll do it."

"Among other things, we're launching mySkillsmyFuture.org, an online tool for job seekers. Also, states that update unemployment insurance can still get Recovery Act funds."
"For those who have jobs but are overburdened and underpaid, what can help?"

"They have an advocate in us. We enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act. If they feel they’re not being fairly paid for all hours worked, they can contact us."
"Should regulations be revamped to protect workers in unsafe conditions?"

"I strongly support the Byrd Bill. Workers deserve laws to keep them from harm. Businesses that play by the rules deserve laws to level the playing field."
"Finish this sentence: The key to putting people back to work is…"

"Retraining them for jobs of the future, including in-demand careers in high-growth fields like health care. We offer job training, career counseling, and resume help."

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To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, we have the best economic system among the advanced economies, "if we can keep it." That will require fundamental policy changes.