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Can Your Boss Really Do That?

Can your boss do that? Really? What can you do about it? Can your boss deny you vacation time? Can your boss cut your pay? Can your boss fire you for calling in sick? Can your boss make you work in a dangerous area? Can your boss make you stand all day? Can your boss...

Now Is Time To Weigh In On Student Loans

The clock is ticking. Without action by Congress student loan rates double at the end of the month -- less than two weeks. If you don't want student loan rates to go up or even double, contact your member of Congress today. Please click this link and call your two...

Here's A Sequester Cut You'll Feel In Your Gut

You may have heard that Republicans are forcing (even more) cuts in programs like Meals On Wheels. Big deal, another "budget cut" to reduce the dreaded "government spending." But what does all of this this mean to actual, real people? Read this because what really...

Rick Perry Offers Country A Race-To-Bottom Death Spiral

Texas Governor Rick Perry is on a "job-poaching" trip to New York. Let's say he "attracts" some businesses to move to his low-wage, low-tax state. That means good-paying jobs in one part of our country become low-paying jobs in another and business taxes that...

Government Spending Improves Lives - In China

Have you heard that China is sending people into space? Have you heard about China's high-speed rail lines linking their major cities? Have you heard that China has built the fastest supercompouter in the world? These are results of the dreaded "government spending"...

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