Service Sector Grows At Fastest Pace In Nearly 8 Years

From the USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/05/service-sector-expands-at-fastest-pace-in-nearly-8-years/2770263/

House Republicans have crunched the numbers and say that since President Obama took office, the economy has added seven times more part-time jobs than it has created full-time jobs.

Since January 2009 the country has added a net total of 270,000 full-time jobs, but it has added 1.9 million part-time jobs, according to the House Ways and Means Committee.

The numbers come as Republicans argue that the president’s health care law is pushing businesses to save money and push workers into shorter schedules to avoid the penalties that come from hiring more full-time workers, who under the law will be required to be covered with health care insurance.

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