by Roger Hickey | Jan 6, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Today's report of 200,000 jobs created in December means that the economy is barely growing at the rate needed to keep up with the growth of the labor force. Economists estimate that the U.S. will have to create more than 350,000 jobs per month – for the next three...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 6, 2012 | Blog, Economy
It may not feel like it, but we dodged a bullet in 2011 when it came to unemployment. Today's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the economy created 200,000 jobs in the month of December, bringing the annual net total to 1.6 million new jobs for the...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 5, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Bachmann is gone. Perry was out, then back in, and is filing briefs in Virginia. Having tumbled from front-runner to fourth place, Newt stormed out of Iowa, heading for New Hampshire to prepare for the next round. After "winning" the Iowa caucuses, Mitt Romney is now...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 20, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Amid prolonged, painfully high unemployment, ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer for the past year tirelessly advocated a simple solution – buy American-made products. She clearly explained the reasoning: every American dollar spent on an American-made product helps create...
by Bill Scher | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
Today, presidential candidate Mitt Romney outlines his "jobs" plan in USA Today, by asserting that: "All too often ... government gets in the way. The past three years of unparalleled government expansion have retaught that lesson all too well." Funny that Romney's...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has unveiled a "Jobs Plan." CAF's Bill Scher celebrates with his post, Romney "Jobs" Plan Latest Attempt To Copy Bush, The Worst Jobs President Since Hoover, Funny that Romney's lesson-learning stops at 2009, and skips...
