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April 27, 2012

"The figures are terrible for everyone and terrible for the government ... Spain is in a crisis of huge proportions."

- JOSE MANUEL GARCIA-MARGALLOSpanish Foreign Minister, lamenting the country's grave economic situation after its debt was downgraded by Standard and Poor's, as unemployment hit its highest level in twenty years
January 27, 2012

"At this rate, we'll never reduce unemployment. The recovery has been postponed, again."

- JUSTIN WOLFERSan economist at the University of Pennsylvania. The American economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent last quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
March 20, 2007

"When we have so much poverty and so much unemployment, we have to do something. It sounded like a good idea."

- SHERI YELLOWHAWKof the Hualapai tribe, whose reservation will unveil a skywalk overlooking the Grand Canyon, despite criticism that it could disturb burial sites or harm the local environment

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