They say the measure would likely lead to cutting the safety net to the poor and to deeper recessions.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Harris Private Bank's Jack Ablin says deep recessions generate a vicious circle between job losses and reduced economic activity.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

You might wonder how such treasures survived the hurricanes,fires, and recessions that have surely battered the area and indeed they have.

VOA: standard.2010.03.15

"We have had depressions," "We have had recessions. It is a boom and bust cycle that we are having and people are starting to get fed up with it."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"We're probably,it looks now, like we'll continue to bump along maybe even have some bad months and unemployment is not going to recover as it has in some past recessions."

VOA: standard.2010.01.15