All Blog Posts Tagged 'jobs' (35)

This writer is far too pessimistic. The facts are true, but don't leave out "Yankee Ingenuity"! The name of this blog is American Answers for THIS SUMMER.

From Prisonplanet.com

America Is Rapidly Bleeding Wealth And Jobs: 28 Statistics About The Gutting Of The U.S. Economy That Will Blow Your Mind…

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Added by joseph C. Skues on May 28, 2011 at 12:00am — No Comments

.....makes sense to me.....

Got this over email.... not sure if it works, but sounds good to me! :)

I want to ask each

of you to consider doing the following when you are talking on the phone to any

US customer service representative that is based in a foreign country (like

India ). I have done this twice and it works! Any time you call an

800 number…

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Added by youhavetoforgiveme on December 30, 2010 at 5:30am — 3 Comments

10 Trends for 2011

After the tumultuous years of the Great Recession, a battered people may wish that 2011 will bring a return to kinder, gentler times. But that is not what we are predicting. Instead, the fruits of government and institutional action – and inaction – on many fronts will ripen in unplanned-for fashions.

Trends we have previously…

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Added by Swtnlovabl on December 20, 2010 at 11:39am — 4 Comments

Statists use lottery funds to buy 67 square miles of private land

Gilchrist State Forest First new state forest in 60 years

http://www.oregonlottery.org/Good/ShowProject.aspx?Project=201010_Gilchrist

There’s been a lot of talk over the past 10 years about the word ‘green’. Green cars. Green homes. Green catering companies. But what about the good old literal green? As in green trees? Well, we haven’t forgotten. We’re Oregonians, after all. That’s… Continue

Added by fireguy on November 3, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Cheap Goods From China - not Just at the Expense of Western Jobs

chinahush.com

October 21st, 2009

October 14, 2009, the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his documentary project “Pollution in… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 1, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Nearly one million US workers cut off unemployment benefits

By Patrick Martin

18 June 2010

With 12 Democrats joining a unanimous Republican bloc, the US Senate voted Wednesday to defeat a proposed extension of unemployment benefits for workers who have been jobless for nearly two years. The bill would have extended unemployment benefits for those out of work more than six months, until November 30.

In the two and a half weeks since June 1, when the last extension expired,…

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Added by Swtnlovabl on June 21, 2010 at 12:11pm — No Comments

The Other Scary Jobs Chart: The Mass Exodus From The Workforce

Friday's jobs report was pretty rough, but actually the unemployment rate dipped to 9.7%. That's because, despite the lack of private sector hiring, a large swath of jobseekers decided to, for whatever reason,

quit the workforce.

As Annaly Capital Management (via PragCap) notes, the civilian…

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Added by Nikki on June 5, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

The Scariest Job Chart Ever Just Got Even Scarier

Joe Weisenthal

We've dubbed this chart the "Scariest Job Chart Ever," as it shows how the decline in employment is WAY uglier than in past recessions.

Calculated Risk has updated it with the latest

numbers from this morning, and now it looks even…

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Added by Nikki on June 4, 2010 at 11:46am — 1 Comment

Capital Controls ACT (HIRE ACT) SCARY!

This is a scary realization. I particularly appreciated the analysis provided in the comment section. I have added the 1st comment below to spark discussion.

Posted by: Slowsmile on Raging Debate (article taken from Zero Hedge)…

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Added by Locutus on April 2, 2010 at 3:10pm — 1 Comment

Southern Oregon mills hiring after Chile quake

http://www.examiner.com/a-2533722~Southern_Oregon_mills_hiring_after_Chile_quake.html

Mar 18, 2010 12:11 PM (1 day ago) By MARK ADAMS, AP…

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Added by fireguy on March 19, 2010 at 8:16pm — No Comments

Obama's Budget Calls for Billions in New Spending for Drones

Tuesday 02 February 2010

by: Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t | Report

This is how major US defense contractors reacted to the unveiling of President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 spending plan for the Pentagon, part of the president's overall $3.8 trillion budget proposal.

Shares of General Dynamics, a maker of military… Continue

Added by Tara on February 2, 2010 at 8:11pm — 1 Comment

Rule by the Rich

Wow! This article written by Paul Craig Roberts breaks our current predicament down! Enjoy!

Rule by the Rich

By Paul Craig Roberts

Global Research, January 27, 2010

Creators Syndicate - 2010-01-25

The election of Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate by Democratic voters in Massachusetts sends President Obama a message. Voters perceive that Obama’s administration has morphed into a Bush-Cheney government. Obama has reneged on every promise he made,… Continue

Added by Locutus on January 28, 2010 at 1:10pm — 3 Comments

Could We Have More Jobs Than We Ever Hoped For?

The Jobs Summit

The Progress Report

by Fred E. Foldvary, Senior Editor, 16 November 2009

President Barack Obama will be hosting a White House forum on jobs in December 2009. Unemployment continued to rise during 2009, and the president seeks to stoke the economy to create more jobs, jobs, jobs.

The summit will gather together… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 18, 2009 at 12:01pm — No Comments

The Last Log, and 120 Jobs Gone

Operations cease at La Grande sawmill

Written by Bill Rautenstrauch, The Observer June 29, 2009 03:25 pm

http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Operations-cease-at-La-Grande-sawmill

Shovel operator Steve Campbell sets the last log on the bull chain Wednesday at the Boise Cascade sawmill in La Grande. The bull chain carries the log to the… Continue

Added by fireguy on June 29, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

How Can U.S. Recover Without Manufacturing Capacity?

"You can't put people to work in American factories that don't exist."

By Glen Ford

February 25, 2009 "Black Agenda Report" - - The strength of the federal economic stimulus package is seriously diluted by the fact that many of the manufactured goods that will be purchased for the attempted recovery must be imported from outside the United States. America simply doesn't make lots of things, anymore. That means many billions… Continue

Added by Marklar on February 25, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment