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By Donna Trussell - Politics Daily"Tribute to Her," uploaded to the Internet on Nov. 7, 2008, is a slideshow of Election Day photographs. YouTube member SailorBrownie described her post as a "dedication to all those Black Americans who went out on Tuesday and voted. We made history." While it's not altogether clear who is the "Her" in the title of the video, it might as well be the woman collapsed on the floor in tears. A girl nearby touches her cheek with a little confusion and a lot tenderness for the woman who is, most likely, her mother. The pictures are set to the Beatles song, "Blackbird" -- a good choice, considering ...
David Brooks Says Unemployed Care More About Values Than Jobs
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 29) -- The latest economic growth numbers aren't good: The economy grew just 2 percent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported today. It's a "slight uptick" from the previous quarter, reports The New York Times, but not enough to put a dent in the country's 9.6 percent unemployment rate. "The economy needs to produce 130,000 to 150,000 jobs a month just to keep pace with population growth, a number it has not hit in many months," the Times continues. You would think jobs would be the primary concern of the large number of unemployed, but not so, says The New York ...
Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly as More Resume Job Search
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe jobless rate increased by a tiny tick in August even though the private sector grew by 67,000 new jobs. President Obama called the growth "positive news," though "not nearly good enough." The Labor Department said the jobless rate was virtually unchanged, rising from 9.5 percent, where it's been stuck since June, to 9.6 percent, in part because more temporary Census positions vanished and half a million "discouraged workers" resumed job searches. When the unemployed stop looking, they're removed from the jobless rolls. The number of unemployed, 14.9 million, was "little changed" from ...
Glenn Beck Blasts 99er Movement
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Aug. 19) -- Glenn Beck probably won't be joining a 99er protest anytime soon. On Monday, the Fox News television commentator lambasted the 99er movement -- composed of the 1.4 million long-term unemployed Americans who have exhausted the full 99 weeks of emergency federal unemployment aid -- for not seeking out work and being "socialist and anti-capitalist." After explaining the plight of the 99ers and showing footage of a recent 99er demonstration on Wall Street, Beck offered the unemployed workers his two cents. "Don't spend your remaining money on travel to get to a protest," he said. ...
Democrats to Middle Class: Yes, We Can . . . Ignore You
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Opinion: Give Me Work -- The Terrible Price of Outsourcing
By Mark Budman - AOL News(July 13) -- If I were to pick the single-biggest issue that dampens the American spirit, damages our economy and ruins our future, it would be unemployment. Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 125,000 in June; the unemployment rate is 9.5 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. What drives much of today's unemployment? I would argue that it's outsourcing. I see job outsourcing as much more than the inconvenience of calling your technical support or financial institution and encountering someone with a strong accent. When I came to this country, back in 1980, ...
Employers Shed Jobs, Though Unemployment Rate Dips Slightly in June
By David Sessions - Politics DailyEmployers shed jobs last month even though the unemployment rate in the United States edged downward to 9.5 percent, according to new numbers released by the Labor Department on Friday. Non-farm payrolls decreased by 125,000 jobs, which mostly reflected the departure of temporary workers hired for the 2010 U.S. Census. The private sector added 83,000 workers, but the decline in the jobless rate was driven by 652,000 Americans who gave up their search for employment. (Those not looking for work are not counted as unemployed.) The jobless rate was 9.7 percent in May and has hovered in that ...
Republicans to the Unemployed: You're Lazy
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailySalt, meet wound. Wound being unemployment, and salt being the suggestion that the worst economy since the Great Depression was created by its powerless victims -- the jobless. Republicans, do tell: If so many jobs are ripe for plucking, explain the five applicants for every job. (Down from six a few months ago. Oh joy.) Why would anyone believe unemployment is voluntary when there is so much evidence to the contrary? The answer is surprisingly simple: Because that belief makes them feel good. Life is not fair, we learned in childhood. Apparently we never got over it. The psychology term ...
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