Quotes of the Day

Job seekers wait on line outside the Metropolitan Pavilion before the start of a job fair in New York, U.S., on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011.
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011

Open quoteI was the kind of person who put away for a rainy day. It's flooding now. Close quote

  • DON BUCKLEY,
  • an African-American former municipal bus driver. The recession has been singularly harmful to middle-class blacks in terms of layoffs and unemployment, according to economists and recent government data.
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