Greenville Native Jesse Jackson Tells SC Bailout Hasn't Created Jobs

The Reverend Jesse Jackson has told a South Carolina audience that the federal bailout has failed to create jobs in America.

By: Associated Press & Post and Courier | News Channel 7
Published: September 14, 2009

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The Reverend Jesse Jackson has told a South Carolina audience that the federal bailout has failed to create jobs in America.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that Jackson spoke with church members before delivering the sermon at Charity Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston on Sunday.
The Greenville native says the nation has had a transfusion with the Wall Street bailout, while the job market continues to hemorrhage.
Jackson says there should be a plan to link bailing out banks with putting America back to work.
The longtime civil rights leader also said he supports President Obama's public health-insurance option, which he said would be less expensive than private plans. Jackson says most uninsured Americans can't afford coverage after paying for food and rent.

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