What Appalachia says about U.S.
In Washington, George W. Bush hails the economy as strong. ''My plan is working,'' he says. In McClellentown, Pa., people know better. Good jobs are going abroad; unemployment is up. Pennsylvania has lost about 159,000 manufacturing jobs since Bush took office. Nearly 70,000 workers in Pennsylvania have exhausted their unemployment benefits while looking for a job that can pay the rent or mortgage.
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