https://freerepublic.com/tag/shovelreadybs/ en-us Sun, 3 May 2015 12:37:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3285744/posts [1]WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said at a town hall meeting the minimum wage should be raised to $15 per hour and advocated for expanding Social Security benefits.“If one person is making $18 million and another person is making $118,000 a year, who pays more into Social Security? Neither, theyÂ’re paying the same because there is a cap upon which after you, at a certain level, you donÂ’t pay anything more and that level is about $118,000,” Sanders said at the meeting in Washington.“If you lift that cap, and you donÂ’t have to start at $119,000, you can... Pajamas Media https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3285744/posts#comment Sun, 3 May 2015 12:37:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3111290/posts Echoing past economic promises of “green shoots,” “five million green collar jobs,” and “recovery summer,” President Barack Obama said during his Saturday weekly address that 2014 will be a “year of action” on the economy. “This will be a year of action. I’ll keep doing everything I can to create new jobs and new opportunities for American families – with Congress, on my own, and with everyone willing to play their part,” said Obama. Obama’s latest economic pivot comes on the heels of a dismal Friday jobs report that shows the U.S. labor force participation rate has contracted to its... breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3111290/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:33:47 GMT