Category Archives: Unemployment

Dirty Work

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

The First Four Years Are The Hardest… Dear Governor Romney, My name is Mike Rowe and I own a small company in California called mikeroweWORKS. Currently, mikeroweWORKS is trying to close the country’s skills gap by changing the way Americans … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Unemployment | Tagged | 37 Comments

Is more government the answer?

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

E.J. Dionne: Government is the solution Why don’t Democrats just say it? They really believe in active government and think it does good and valuable things. One of those valuable things is that government creates jobs — yes, really — … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Solyndra, Unemployment | Tagged | 15 Comments

SCOAMF facepalm moment of the year

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Obama Tells Woman: “Interesting” Unemployed Husband Can’t Find Job During his Google+ hangout Pres. Obama tells a woman that her husband shouldn’t be unemployed from the growth he has seen in the economy. Obama said he finds it “interesting” because … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Economy, Unemployment | Tagged | 18 Comments

The Coming Apocalypse Ain’t Coming Yet

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

John W. Smart has made his predictions for next year. I’m not going to argue or quibble about them, but I do want to discuss his closing: I’ve demurred from the most drastic predictions, though a few above are scary. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Elections, Economy, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Politics, Unemployment, Zombies | 59 Comments

How Obama wasted the stimulus

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

Via Hot Air: Theoretically, for the stimulus to have worked, the government would have had to target idle resources. Instead, the government funneled money into already-existing government contracts. Similarly, for the stimulus to have worked, state leaders would have had … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Crony Capitalism, Solyndra, Unemployment | Tagged | 40 Comments

This doesn’t add up

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Alabama immigration law blamed for drop in construction jobs Alabama’s construction industry is losing jobs faster than almost every state in the nation, and industry experts say some of the losses are due to the state’s strict new immigration law. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Illegal Immigration, Unemployment | Tagged , | 16 Comments