Wilson: Economy Remains Strong

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 1, 2006

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Wilson: Economy Remains Strong

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today made the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Labor’s report that 128,000 jobs were created in August:

“Today’s jobs report reiterates what I saw last month while traveling throughout South Carolina’s Second Congressional District: our economy remains strong. Due to Republicans’ responsible fiscal policies, workers are keeping more of their money. In turn, they are investing more money in their local economies.

“The unemployment rate dipped to 4.7% - one of the lowest points since 2001. Yet just this week, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi stated, ’Our economy is moving in the wrong direction, and President Bush and the Republicans in Congress are woefully out of touch with this fact.’

“I suppose Mrs. Pelosi and her Democratic cohorts would be happy if fewer people were added to the workforce and more Americans were unemployed. Fortunately for American workers, they’re not the ones setting economic policy.”

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