Posts Tagged ‘unemployment’
Were unemployment numbers faked prior to 2012 Obama election?
Jim is discussing this during the first hour of the big radio show. Here are the source reports from John Crudele at the New York Post with commentary.
Read MoreThe $15 per hour minimum wage experiment comes to SeaTac
Let’s see how this goes during the next two to three years shall we? It’s not a done deal, but SeaTac Proposition 1 looks like it will pass, requiring businesses to pay hospitality and transportation workers a minimum wage of $15 per hour. The previous minimum wage was $9.19, but I’m not sure what the average pay…
Read MoreFurloughed federal workers in Oregon will keep unemployment cash, plus regular salary
I had a conversation with a few people at the onset of the federal government partial shutdown and let them know many federal employees would qualify for unemployment depending on the state. Some said I was wrong – and still won’t admit I was right – but now we learn the at least 1,300 employees…
Read MorePercentage of part-time workers looking for full-time work back at 2 year high
From Gallup’s recent update we learn their measure of part-time workers who would prefer to have a full-time job is back up to 10.1 percent, which is back to the two-year high.
Read MoreDecember jobs report: 155k added, Unemployment at 7.8%
Not impressive for the holiday season, but we already knew holiday sales during the holiday period was pretty weak, even though we had five extra days between Black Friday and Christmas Eve this year as compared to last. Ed Morrissey at Hot Air has the info for you this morning.
Read MoreEarly Voting and Independent Votes
Some Early Voting Result Tally – At this Point the Presidency is up for Grabs The question is how will the independents vote come election day? Several factors are at play here. Romney was right to use the question, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” With unemployment levels at where they…
Read MoreSummer of Recovery
Just two short years ago, seems longer to me, the Obama administration hailed that it was to be “The Summer of Recovery”. The stimulus bill was passed by congress, both the house and senate, of course it was alL under the control of the Democrats. WILD and EXOTIC claims were made that this new law would…
Read MoreObama, The Economy is Just fine…How about another stimulus! video added
President Obama held a press conference on friday, speaking of how the economy was doing. The president had this to say about Job Creation. “The truth of the matter is we’ve created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months, over 800,000 just this year alone. The private sector is doing fine.” Of course the Romney Campaign…
Read MoreUnemployment up to 8.2% – 69,000 jobs created
I’m writing this at 8:46 a.m. ET, and Drudge has had the siren up for at least 12 minutes, while CNN is still behind the curve reporting the following.
Read MoreSpain economists to unemployed youth: You may want to leave the country for awhile
There is nothing for you here, go find work elsewhere. I heard the other day that Spain is burdened with a 24 percent unemployment rate, and for youths – under 25 – the unemployment rate is 51 percent.
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