latest numbers on jobs growth showing the U.S. economy deteriorating more rapidly than expected

Let's redefine "growth" If an economy is leaving out more and more people every year, even a small group of wealthy people are getting wildly richer, is it really GROWING?
I say no.
Washington's right wing says yes.
note how the bubble is referred to as a "BOOM"
That report follows more bad news from the housing market — which continues to collapse after a prolonged boom that came to an abrupt close last year after years of easy-money lending left lenders coping with big losses and millions of borrowers facing foreclosure.