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Politicians can yammer all they want about “creating” new jobs, but do they have the backbone to save the few remaining good jobs that exist?  Two major shipbuilders (Northrop Grumman, with two first-tier yards in the Gulf Coast one in Newport News Virginia; and Aker Philadelphia Shipyard) are issuing layoff notices that will eventually hit as many as 12,000 or 13,000 workers. The ultimate job casualties will be ten times that total. 

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