Jobs Deficit: Austerity Politics Threaten Obama's Economy - huffingtonpost

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers were stunned Wednesday to learn that the U.S. economy officially dove toward a double-dip recession at the end of 2012, contracting for the first time in three and a half years amid steep declines in government spending and sluggish exports.- Austerity Politics Puts U.S. On 'Precipice Of Recession'