FACT SHEET: Obama's Jobs Speech

Democratic presidential candidate and US Sen. Barack Obama speaks to thousands last February at Santa Fe Community College. Photo: Alex Krause

By SFR

If the post-Zozobra haze has left you a bit too tired/impatient for all the news analysis out there, here's a basic breakdown of Obama's jobs plan.

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Key features include a hefty payroll tax cut for 98 percent of businesses; unemployment reform, including workforce training programs; and "helping more Americans refinance their mortgages at today's historically low interest rates."

From the White House:

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