Job Loss High, Obama Calls For Bold Action

News bits, as the Administration pounds the drum for the stimulus and job creation.

Source: Apollo Alliance email blast and whitehouse.gov

Local Green: California’s unemployment rate hit 9.3 percent in December - a 15 year high.

President Barack Obama said that the first step in boosting the economy is to “take bold action to create a new American energy economy that creates millions of jobs for our people.”

A piece at The Huffington Post argues that the Obama administration faces a major challenge with the growth of economic inequality.