The Death of the American Dream
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 12/24/2016 - 3:18pmThere's been a couple new interesting studies come out recently, but this one is the most revealing.
Jobs
Regarding today's blow-out wage growth report
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 11/04/2016 - 12:57pmEverything is coming up roses for America's workers.
The Phony Problem: Employers can't fill open positions
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 09/08/2016 - 5:39pmYou are starting to see news articles about how employers can't find people to fill all the jobs vacancies they have.
For instance, there is this one today.
Today's awful employment report
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 06/03/2016 - 11:03amThis headline says it all: U.S. unemployment rate 4.7% vs. 4.9% forecast
Bill Blasts Bernie Backers As Unrealistic, Offers Tone-Deaf Fairy Tale Answer for Inequality
Submitted by greywolfe359 on Sun, 04/17/2016 - 10:13amBill just doesn’t get it. No one in the Clinton camp seems to understand why so many young people are flocking to Bernie Sanders or how to connect with them in a way that would unify the party in November should Hillary win the nomination. Most of their explanations so far have pegged these supporters as hopelessly naive, unrealistic and idealistic.
The blind spot of today's GOP
Submitted by PastorAgnostic on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 12:43pmEbola was a horrible emergency, so the GOP response was to ban travel, arrest and hold travelers to this country, and to harass and embarrass medical workers who did their best to stop the pandemic.
With a few exceptions, the Democratic response, led by President Obama, was to work with other countries, apply the best science and medicine, and eventually stop the spread of this killer disease.
Help me out here. Need links for How America Lost its Job.
Submitted by truehawk on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 3:04amYou have been told that America lost its jobs because of Unions, and Regulation made it too expensive to manufacture in America. Well, this is not actually why or how it went down. You see there are many pieces to this puzzle, and I will try to show them to you and help you connect the dots.
An honest look at the impacts of free trade
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 06/13/2015 - 4:48pmPresident Obama has declared that the temporary defeat of the TPP in Congress by the Democratic Party "will directly hurt" American workers.
The CATO Institute, most congressional Republicans, and Wall Street agrees.
