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Posted in Carney, Chris Coons, National Dems, Taxes, unemployment on Jul 22nd, 2010
Democrats pushed through the latest gambit to extend unemployment benefits. I have no objections to the extension, but I do object to a 34 billion dollar bill costing around 83.4 billion and 50 billion in new taxes. Democrats use the unemployed like a human shield to push through spending and pork that would not make it [...]
Posted in Employment, Jobs, economy, unemployment on Mar 27th, 2010
9.2% the real number, U-6 which is those who are harmed by the poor job market, is yet to be released, but it is over 15% by back of the envelope calculations. All charts are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. <
Posted in Culture, Stuff, Waste, unemployment on Dec 9th, 2009
In yet another example of the wonderful manner that economic stimulus bill was going to fund shovel ready projects to rebuild our infrastructure. We get this. The stimulus bill also will be funding key research. “The National Institutes of Health got $219,000 in funds to study whether female college students are more likely to “hook [...]
Posted in Budget, Business, Change, Election 2008-President, Stuff, US Congress, Unions, economy, unemployment on Jun 1st, 2009
Former Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader chimes in on the GM bankruptcy: Today’s bankruptcy declaration in federal court by General Motors is an avoidable, crude weapon of mass devastation for workers, dealers, auto suppliers, small businesses and their depleted communities. For GM’s voiceless owners — the common shareholders — it is a wipeout. The proximate cause [...]
Posted in Carney, Change, Crime, Delaware Democrats, Employment, Ethics, Jack Markell, Local Media, Open Government, Quotes, Schwartzkopf, unemployment on May 5th, 2009
Today I found out that my state representative thinks his job is to be the Governor’s waterboy: “Part of my job is to carry the water for the governor and it’s just that simple.” ~ Rep. Pete “The Waterboy” Schwartzkopf We just got out of an election season where John Carney, the former Lt. Governor, [...]
Posted in Alternative Fuel, Budget, Change, Deficit, Employment, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Global Warming, Military, National Dems, Obama, Oil, Open Government, Spending, unemployment on Apr 28th, 2009
$328,835 is the pricetag for the White House’s tragically stupid New York City photo-op according to the Air Force. Check it out: The flight by the VC-25, a modified Boeing Co. 747, and two F-16 fighter jets cost $328,835, Air Force spokeswoman Vicki Stein said. $328,835 for a picture at a time when many Americans [...]
Posted in economy, unemployment on Feb 17th, 2009
From the “When it rains…” file. Today, just a smidgen under six-months-to-the-day of receiving settlement, we received a subrogation request from my wife’s old health insurance to recover over $1200 worth of claims from the accident they paid for the first handful of hours…due to the settlement we received…you know, the one that didn’t cover [...]
Posted in Employment, economy, unemployment on Nov 17th, 2008
From Citibank. From JPMorgan and Chase, Co. I am now officially in fear. What will I try to do now? Start a business. I kid you not. Can’t be any worse than being (potentially) unemployed. Freaking economy.
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