January saw 598000 people laid off in the US.
Just think about it… Almost 600000 people are now sitting at home claiming some sort of benefit from the US government. What makes it even more staggering is the fact that this was the total forJanuary. Only eleven more months to go and what will the rest of the year have in store?
Lots of analysts and website guru’s are saying it is going to get a lot worse, which is very, very depressing.
The service sector axed 279000 workers, while the goods-producing sector dealt out 243000 pink slips.
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