We all know that the economy is beginning to look up again, and the February jobs report confirmed that. For the third straight month, private sector employers added more than 200,000 jobs to their payrolls. Sadly, the austerity plans of Republicans at the state level around the country contributed to another 6,000 public sector jobs lost.

Still, the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3% - which is actually a good sign, even as more Americans returned to work.

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