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25 most dangerous neighborhoods 2010
This is interesting, it is also alarming and sad. When people are desperate we tend to do desperate acts. This is a referendum on our culture, the lack of jobs, the disenfranchisement, lack of educational opportunities, the loss of hope,the … Continue reading
New Job Skills Required: Unemployed Find Old Jobs Now Require More Skills
Sad, but very true in today’s job environment. New Job Skills Required: Unemployed Find Old Jobs Now Require More Skills.
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Tagged business, economy, employment, job search, job skills, jobs, unemployment
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GOP, U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Beat Back Bill To Combat Outsourcing
I am not nor will I be a proponent of outsourcing. I know too many people whose jobs have gone overseas. I think American companies who make a regular practice of outsourcing jobs to foreign countries should be penalized. Companies should be fined … Continue reading
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Tagged business, Chamber of Commerce, congress, democrats, economy, GOP, jobs, labor, outsourcing, politics, Republicans, tax breaks
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How to share economic realities with kids
I found this an extremely interesting article. It seems that we can be creating a generation of children similar to those who grew up during the Great Depression? These tips seem very logical but are they being used? In reading this article it dawned on me that … Continue reading
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Tagged children, economy, family, Great Depression, health, Mental health, money, parenting, parents
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Race, Wealth, and Intergenerational Poverty
This is an eye opening article from Darrick Hamilton and William Darity Jr. from The American Prospect. A African-American or Latino family will have to work three years and save 100% of their income to even attempt to close the wealth gap? Wow! … Continue reading
Recession Ended in June 2009, Group Says
Hmmm. The recession ended and we moved to a depression. The National Bureau of Economic Research says the recession ended in June last year. How many unemployed and broke economists are there? Let’s stop looking at statistics and formulas and … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, family, life, money, National Bureau of Economic Research, recession, unemployment
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Fighting to Protect Consumers
Elizabeth Warren personally delivers to all of us the importance of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Hopefully, the organization and the vision that President Obama and Ms. Warren share will not be derailed by the party of “NO.” Elizabeth Warren: Fighting … Continue reading
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Tagged CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, economy, Elizabeth Warren, money, Obama, politics
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Poverty Rises as Wall Street Billionaires Whine
Les Leopold hits the nail on the head with this commentary. What will the billionaires and corporations do to help reduce the poverty problem in America? Les Leopold: Poverty Rises as Wall Street Billionaires Whine.
Number of uninsured Americans hits record high
This issues ties directly to the poverty rate in the United States. How can you go to see a doctor when you are focused on keeping a roof over your head or food in your stomach? We will only get sicker … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, Health care, Health Care Reform, Health insurance, Insurance, life, money, politics, poverty, United States
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The Defining Issue: Who Should Get the Tax Cut — The Rich or Everyone Else?
The former Secretary of Labor succinctly provides a very logical and coherent argument why tax cuts for the richest two percent of Americans should end and be extended for the remaining 98 percent. The common folks of America. Robert Reich: … Continue reading →