California Senator Barbara Boxer recently sent out and email to her constituents. It reads thusly:
Dear Friend:
New data from the Labor Department confirms that our nation faces the worst economic crisis of our lifetime. The Labor Department announced that 533,000 Americans lost their jobs in November — the largest single-month drop since 1974. National unemployment stands at 6.7 percent. California’s rate is expected to rise above the 8.2 percent rate of October.