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If You Are Unemployed then You Are Screwed!

In the LA Times today 129 job openings state that they will only look at your application if you are currently employed. The unemployed will not be...
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Latest numbers on unemployment benefits give mixed signals

On Thursday the United States Department of Labor announced that seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment benefits for the week ending...
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New claims for unemployment benefits add to hopeful signs of recovery

There are intermittent signs that the U.S. economy continues its long slow climb from the 2007-2008 financial disaster that led to the great...
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Congress has plan to cut unemployment benefits for people with no HS diploma

If you are unemployed and don't have a High School diploma, congress hopes to cut your unemployment benefits.If HR 3630 passes, older workers...
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What will Republican payroll tax hike cost us?

The GOP controlled House of Representatives most likely will reject the payroll tax extension bill passed by the Senate and request a conference...
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Taxpayers are pawns as House objects to payroll tax cut

Once again, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) brought a compromise bill to rank and file Republicans, and they told him to shove it. This time it...
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Congress resisted temptation to shut down government

  • 2011 budget passed
  • December 17, 2011
For the third time since Republicans took over control of the House in January, the United States was on the verge of a government shutdown at...
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Republicans seen as hypocrites for blocking payroll tax cuts

  • Payroll tax extensions
  • December 8, 2011
Late Thursday, the bill called Middle Class Tax Cut Act, was shot down for the second time in a vote of 50-48 by Republicans. It would have cut...
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Looks like the Super Committee failed; now what?

To the surprise of very few, it appears the Super Committee has apparantly failed. The Super Committee is the 12 member bi-partisan committee of...
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President sends jobs bill to Congress

President Obama sent his American Jobs Act to Congress this morning and renewed his call to Congress to “Pass this jobs bill now.” The...
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