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10 Daily Activities to Break Out of the Long-term Unemployment Funk

Those who haven’t been unemployed over the long-term may be shocked to find out the degree to which many of those who have been simply let themselves go....
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Moonlighting: 5 Great Jobs to Make Money on the Side

1. Babysitting Child care is a major expense for families with working parents. If you’re good with kids, have some references, and can pass a background check, babysitting is an easy way to make some cash on the side. Depending on experience and the family’s budget, babysitting can r...
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The Unintended Consequences of Higher Wages for Fast Food Workers

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is engaged in a major campaign to increase membership by unionizing the employees of “fast food” restaurants. As part of this effort, it is providing staff, training, and funding for activists who are promoting an increase o...
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Understanding the Unemployment Numbers

Once a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes a report on the state of unemployment in the United States. The major news organizations scan through the report highlights looking for “the unemployment rate” so that they can announce it to their loyal audiences...
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Welcome to Part-Time America!

The US government works very hard… at making themselves look good. One of the ways they do this is to represent truly horrifying data in the best possible light. The number which seems to be manipulated more than any other number is the “official” unemployment rate &...
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With all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow citizens – a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it had earned.

— Thomas Jefferson

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