WASHINGTON–Congressional Democratic leaders assert that several major pieces of pending legislation will create jobs. In fact, the bills are more likely to increase unemployment, already close to 10% and probably heading up. Tomorrow’s Labor Department report on employment in September may tell us more. The “Big Three,” touchstones of a Democratic agenda rooted in the belief that more government equals progress, are the “cap and trade” bill to reduce greenhouse gases, the House and Senate health-care reform bills, and the Employee Free Choice Act. All would, if…
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