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Michael Caine: Obama was blamed, now should be applauded

Re “Applications for US jobless aid plunge” (Online, April 2): Something new to blame President Obama for: Remember when unemployment was at almost 9 percent and it was all Obama’s fault? Well unemployment now is under 5 percent (nationwide).

I found this in The Modesto Bee today and look what Obama’s done to us now: Weekly applications for jobless aid fell 20,000 to a seasonally adjusted 268,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That put jobless claims near a 15-year low of 267,000 filings in late January.

Michael Caine, Modesto

This story was originally published April 2, 2015 at 12:24 PM with the headline "Michael Caine: Obama was blamed, now should be applauded."

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