Obama Plays Phony Populist Card: Says GOP ‘Party of the Rich’
Activist Post In Obama’s Weekly Presidential Address he slammed the Republican party for obstructing extending jobless benefits to the most needy Americans. He labeled them…
Employment
The Real Unemployment Rate May Be Higher Than 22%
Pallavi Gogoi Daily Finance Raghavan Mayur, president at TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence, follows unemployment data closely. So, when his survey for May revealed that 28% of…
Judge rejects Schwarzenegger minimum wage request
Judy Lin Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A judge on Friday declined to force the state controller to comply with an order by Gov. Arnold…
Rolling Closures A Possibility For Fire Department
Walt Hunter CBS3.com New cuts may be coming to the Philadelphia FireDepartment and they could include rolling closures of firehouses.What if you stopped by your local firehouse…
Is Communism the New Capitalism? Six Fortune 500 Companies Move HQ to China
Activist Post CORRECTION: Our editorial staff regrets that this story may appear misleading. The release this was taken from states “regional” headquarters not “international” headquarters….
When Census Ends 700,000 New Jobless Americans
Michael Powell New York Times PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It was a finely honed machine, this United States Census team, and it had a good run….
Ron Paul: War Waste, US Spends $400/gallon for Gas
The Vanishing American Consumer and the Coming Trade War
Robert Reich Huffington Post President Obama has vowed to double U.S. exports within the next five years. That’s because exports are critical for rebooting the…
California workers brace for minimum wage
Judy Lin Associated Press Some California state workers are preparing to tap into their savings while others already are cutting expenses as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s…
New veteran unemployment figure shows war is not only a racket, it’s a subsidized business
America 20xy By Andrew Steele An Army Times story on July 2nd reports that the unemployment rate rose to 11.5 percent for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans,…
Millions of Jobs Lost – Many FOREVER
7.9 million jobs lost – many forever By Chris Isidore CNNMoney.com The recession killed off 7.9 million jobs. It’s increasingly likely that many will never…
Study: Recession Hits 50% of America’s Workforce
Recession cut into employment for half of working adults, study says By Michael A. Fletcher Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 30, 2010 The recession…
Is a College Degree Still Worth it?
As U.S. employment patterns evolve, a diploma is no longer a guarantee of a better job and higher pay. Don Lee Los Angeles Times As…
White House Pushes for BAILOUT of States – Warns of “MASSIVE Layoffs of Teachers, Police and Firefighters”
WASHINGTON (AP) — If Chuck Lacasse had gotten his pink slip four days earlier, Uncle Sam would have covered most of his family’s health insurance…