Puerto Rico’s First-Ever Bond Default Exposes Island’s ‘Debt Colony’ Status
Published on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 by Common Dreams by Sarah Lazare, staff writer Just a...
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Tag: Unemployment
Cruelty, Corporations, Congress, and Christmas: Unhappy Holidays for the Poor & Unemployed
‘Tis the season for business as usual as the poor struggle and the wealthy and powerful relax
Read MoreReal 22.5% unemployment rate rivals the Great Depression
nvestor’s Business Daily and TIPP recently completed a survey of around 3000 Americans to determine the real unemployment rate in the U.S. without including any of the hedges or dodges that have been added to the official statistical methods of U.S. Department of Labor by both Republican and Democratic administrations so as to hide the truth from the American public about our more and more abject social conditions.
Read MorePoverty and unemployment unrelated to ‘business friendly’ status
Recently, local business owner and self professed “numbers guy” Al Pettit presented Coos County poverty and unemployment figures. He says the local Chamber of Commerce Legislative Action Team is trying to educate lawmakers about “good business practices” and how to make Oregon more business friendly to improve these statistics.
Read MoreMGx News for Kids – because adults are not listening
Kids may have to take the initiative to educate policy makers because adults are not paying attention and kids are suffering all around the globe.
Read MoreMaddow – Petulant Obama lashes out at 'sanctimonious' left
Obama lashes out at the left for being criticizing his inexpert handling of the Republican led push to extend tax cuts. Rachel pretty much beat him up.
Read MoreSingle best way to pump up economy set to expire today – unemployment benefits
From ThinkProgress, “Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) scoffed at the notion that unemployment benefits help the economy”.
Ending tax cuts to the rich will provide 3M jobs paying $30,000 per year
Alan Grayson (D-FL) suggests the hundred billion dollars a year providing millionaires with an average $84,000/yr in tax savings could be used better to provide jobs.
House defeats bill to extend unemployment benefits – take that retailers
The unemployed will not be spending much this Christmas and retailers will feel the pinch as the...
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