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Weak Employment Situation - Who Do You Blame?

The August unemployment rate stands at 9.1%.  The Labor Department says there was no net growth in jobs last month.  Who do you blame for the weak jobs market?  President Obama?  Congress? Businesses?

Mike Thompson spends much of his time correcting people who mispronounce the name of his hometown – Worcester, Massachusetts. Mike studied broadcast journalism at Syracuse University when he was not running in circles – as a distance runner on the SU track team.