Taking a long vacation this Labor Day weekend? Finally able to take a breather from the ol’ 9-5? Well, allow us to be the dicks who remind you how lucky you are just to have a job. The big economic news of the day is that the private sector added 67,000 jobs over the past three weeks. Unfortunately, the loss of temporary census jobs and local government budget-slashing more than made up for those minor gains. After the jump, check out why this remains a recession with a capital “R.”Happy Labor Day!
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