For the long-term unemployed, recovery talk rings hollow

By Tony Pugh | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — As America prepares to salute its working people this Labor Day weekend, Matthew McCaffery is in no mood to celebrate.

In better times, McCaffery served prime rib to three U.S. presidents, brought cocktails to congressmen and senators and found private booths for Supreme Court justices wary of the public eye.