http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4oO_uCkEQY
There's a great point made in the video, though not explicitly, that licensing schemes promote unemployment and prevent poor people from engaging their entrepreneurial skills.
U.S. Unemployment Up in February
Maybe it's because there's more folks encouraged to start looking again and thus inflating the numbers. Or maybe this is part of the "dead cat bounce" that will come crashing back down after the election, when all the smoke and mirrors of deficit spending and...
Unemployment has dropped to 8.3%. It's the 5th straight drop. We're back!:rockwoot:
I guess I've been lied to all these years. Trillions of dollars in deficit spending, intrusive and burdensome government regulations of business, green jobs, reduction in our nation's credit rating, near...
Mitt Romney trying to relate about his daddy talking about being elected to office was hilarious...
One thing I thought was bizzare was newt's talk about people on unemployment needing to go thru "training".
Newt got some great one liners for the average brain dead voter last night such as...
Long article but worth the time if you don't understand how the fedgov manipulates unemployment statistics.
Hiding a Depression How The US Government Does It By Daniel Amerman
Weekly U.S. jobless claims rise to 414,000
Data not seen affected by hurricane in Northeast
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Applications for unemployment compensation rose slightly last week, indicating little change in a weak U.S. jobs market in which net hiring remains near a standstill...
This is the second time, watching the network news, when they
interview some person who has been unemployed for more than 2 years.
This person then complains that government isn't doing enough to
"create jobs" or EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BEYOND 99 WEEKS!:xmad:
Maybe I'm crazy, or simply...
When this thing cuts loose ... everybody that wants to will get plenty of trigger time .... enjoy the history yet to be ...
Why people are not getting some justice now is beyond me... if you live under a bridge , your best friend is a stray dog .. what have you got to lose ?
You're just a...
The nations' roles are reversing. American jobs are scarce. Our manufacturing base is lower than ever. People are getting college degrees in silly subjects that there is no demand for. Unemployment is high and our dollar is weak.
Maybe our future looks like this; trying to survive by...
"McDonald’s and its franchisees hired 62,000 people in the U.S. after receiving more than one million applications, the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company said today in an e-mailed statement. Previously, it said it planned to hire 50,000."
It's alright folks, pay no attention to the high gas...
MODS, if this has been posted, please combine threads...
1 bill in In. House, and 1 in In. Senate, to require drug tests, if you are
collecting unemployment..... One comment, made ths morning, on Fox 59, was that it should be required for Welfare too... I AGREE... What do you all think... I...
I was thinking the other day about the people in the United States that actually produce something. There aren't many of us.
People Employed in the US:102,109,850 (2009)
Federal Government Workers: 15,000,000
State Government Workers: 4,586,544
Remainder: 85,523,306
There are only 85M...
Long-Term Unemployed Now 46 Percent Of Unemployed, Highest Percentage On Record
5 June 2010, by Jeannine Aversa (AP - The Huffington Post)
Long-Term Unemployed Now 46 Percent Of Unemployed, Highest Percentage On Record
WASHINGTON - If you lose your job these days, it's worth scrambling to...
Sorry if this is a repeat but I just had to vent. What our tax money is really buying. All within the last year. I used to know (no longer considered friends) a group of people who are on unemployment, welfare, and food stamps. They all eat and live better then a lot of hard working Americans...
People who run small tanning businesses, have much reason to fear. The Health Care bill contains taxes and regulations that will directly cost them many jobs and force them to close many salons.
For one thing the Federal Government is cutting out all of their customers who are under 18 years...
The federal reserve did at one point release data showing the real number in monthly reports.They no longer do this.I was looking and found some interesting facts.
In august of last year there was this Real US unemployment rate at 16 pct: Fed official Showing LAST Ausgust the true rate was 16%...