Posts Tagged ‘jobs’
Employment Statistics For Dummies
Sunday, December 6th, 2009Guess Who’s Coming To The Jobs Summit
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009You’d think a Presidential jobs summit would include organizations that know a thing or two about employment, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business. You’d be wrong. It’s a return performance of the folks who brought us the stimulus. Critics not invited to White House ‘jobs summit’
Going Downhill
Friday, November 20th, 2009Watch the employment colors change over time. The Decline: Geography of a Recession
Unemployment Hits Double Digits
Friday, November 6th, 2009
White House Estimate Off By Only 6 Million Jobs
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
It Wasn’t Supposed To Be This Way
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Unemployment is up to 9.8%, and another 263,000 jobs lost under the Obama administration last month.
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Spanish Lesson
Monday, September 28th, 2009A look at Spain’s heavily subsidized green energy industry from The Foundry, Spanish & Solar: A Model to Follow or a Cautionary Tale?
Stimulating Bureaucratic Employment
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Private sector unemployment increases while federal government employment burgeons. From USA Today, Stimulus funds boost number of federal jobs
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Stimulus Dollars At Work
Saturday, September 19th, 2009From CNS News, Obama Administration Using Stimulus Money to Encourage ‘Healthful Lifestyle Habits’
The Health and Human Services Department plans to spend $650 million tax dollars encouraging Americans to develop “healthful lifestyle habits.” (more…)
Up, Up and Away
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009From Bloomberg, Obama Raises 2010 Deficit Estimate to $1.5 Trillion (Update3)
Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) — U.S. unemployment will surge to 10 percent this year and the budget deficit will be $1.5 trillion next year, both higher than previous Obama administration forecasts because of a recession that was deeper and longer than expected, White House budget chief Peter Orszag said. (more…)