There are always, of course, job losses of a cyclical nature in a recession.
Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.
I was the governor that drew a tough, tough straw. I was governor during the worst recession since the 1930s, and I had to cut $5 billion from the state budget.
The job market improved impressively under Barack Obama's presidency after the Great Recession, when millions of jobs vanished seemingly overnight.
