by Michael Snyder. The real unemployment rate. According to shocking new numbers that were just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20 percent of American families do not have a single person that is working. So when someone tries to tell you that the unemployment rate in the United States is about 7 percent, ... MORE
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In 20% Of American Families, EVERYONE Is Unemployed
by Michael Snyder. The real unemployment rate. According to shocking new numbers that were just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20 percent of American families do not have a single person that is working. So when someone tries to tell you that the unemployment rate in the United States is about 7 percent, ... MORESteve Tobak: How To Gain Personal Freedom And Control
My dad was a strict disciplinarian. I hated that. I hated it so much
that I grew up desperately wanting to control my own life. To have the
freedom to do what I want, how I want, when I want. But here’s the thing. The pursuit of personal freedom has brought me
face-to-face with an interesting dilemma. Turns out, it takes a
tremendous ... MORE86M Private-Sector Workers Sustain 148M Benefit Takers
by Terence P. Jeffrey. Buried deep on the website of the U.S. Census Bureau is a number every American citizen, and especially those entrusted with public office, should know. It is 86,429,000. That is the number of Americans who in 2012 got up every morning and went to work — in the private sector — and did it week after week after week. ... MOREF-Stamp Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Women Workers
by Terence P. Jeffrey. Another victory for hope and change. People participating in the food stamp program outnumbered the women who worked full-time, year-round in the United States in 2012, according to data from the Department of Agriculture and the Census Bureau. In the average month of 2012, according to the Department of ... MOREWynton Hall: Seven Devastating Economic Facts
Hope and change made everything worse. U.S. economic conditions in 2014 continue to languish, as millions of Americans remain jobless. Seven economic facts underscore America’s increasingly dire economic outlook. 1. A Record 91.8 Million Americans Are No Longer in the Workforce The latest Labor Department figures reveal that a ... MORE
Steve Chapman: Why Obama Is Pandering Overtime
Vision of the anointed is just another job killer. If you take an economics course, you may learn about the different events that can cause an increase in workers' pay. The demand for the product a worker makes may rise, causing the demand for workers to go up. The supply of workers may decline, causing employers to bid up wages to keep ... MOREWalter E Williams: Is There Wage Stagnation?
The answer may surprise you. Many economists, politicians and pundits assert that median wages have stagnated since the 1970s. That's a call for government to do something about it. But before we look at the error in their assertion, let's work through an example that might shed a bit of light on the issue. Suppose that you paid me a straight $20 ... MORE1,154,000 Fewer Americans Working Than 6 Years Ago
by Ali Meyer. The bitter fruits of hope and change. 1,154,000 fewer Americans are working today than six years ago, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In January 2008, 146,378,000 Americans 16 and over were employed, and now in January 2014, 145,224,000 are employed, a difference of 1,154,000. 91,455,000 Americans 16 or ... MORE
11 Facts About Minimum Wage Obama Forgot To Mention
Raising the hiring cost of teenagers. During his annual State of the Union address before Congress,
President Barack Obama made a big deal about the need to increase the
federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. The move followed months of
promises and rhetoric from the White House about how important it was to
the economy to increase ... MORERoger Kimball: The Evils Of Capitalism
There is a link between limited government and prosperity. What’s the one thing everyone knows about capitalism? Why, that it started out as a mean, nasty tool of greedy industrialists. “The Industrial Revolution,” we all learned, was a terrible Moloch that devoured children, put profits before people, and though it made great fortunes ... MOREFamous Faces Of A Growing Tax War Between The States
by Rex Sinquefield. The year 2013 may go down in history as pivotal in the battle between the states to attract businesses and high-income earners because of local tax advantages. Five news stories highlight the shift that is occurring across the nation as taxpayers and legislators recognize that tax policy matters in the lives of every ... MOREPolitical Correctness Is Destroying Corporate America
by Steve Tobak. “Why Christmas is Destroying Corporate America
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That’s right. A well-known blogger really tried to make that argument
on a very popular website three years ago. Unfortunately, my blog was
also on that site at the time. I remember thinking: Crap, there goes the
neighborhood … and my credibility. Then again, the woman ... MORE
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That’s right. A well-known blogger really tried to make that argument
on a very popular website three years ago. Unfortunately, my blog was
also on that site at the time. I remember thinking: Crap, there goes the
neighborhood … and my credibility. Then again, the woman ... MORE
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