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....
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders, and shift that problem to the hands of the government, to the same extent we are sacrificing the liberties of our people.