Biden glosses over disappointing jobs figures, calls for even more spending
Posted on AllSides May 7th, 2021
From The Right
President Joe Biden tried to dress up a disappointing April jobs report, saying it shows that the pandemic-slowed economy has a "long way to go" and needs another jolt from his proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan — and then even more federal spending.
"We knew this wouldn't be a sprint, and, America, quite frankly, we're moving more rapidly than I thought," Biden said, speaking from the White House's East Room. "This report reinforces the real truth. For years, working people and middle-class people, people who built this country, had been...
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