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  • More bad news on the employment front

    05/10/2014 8:47:29 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 12 replies
    Cain TV.com ^ | May 9, 2014 | Herman Cain
    Working age population way up. Actual number of people working down.Applications for U.S. unemployment aid fell this week to 319,000. Last week the number was 344,000. Now you might think that’s good news, but it’s not. What matters when you look at this number is the rolling four-week average, which the Labor Department says is up 4,500. That means we’re still looking at about 325,000 people a week filing for unemployment claims.When you’re supposed to be in a recovery, you don’t have anywhere near that number filing for unemployment. But a real recovery doesn’t see quarters of 0.1 GDP growth...
  • DeMint comes out against tax deal, says GOP must do ‘better than this’ (MAKE UI A LOAN! GREAT IDEA!)

    12/08/2010 8:42:16 PM PST · by USALiberty · 23 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | Wed Dec 8
    "I don’t think we needed to negotiate that aspect of this thing away. I don’t think we need to extend unemployment any further without paying for it, and without making some modifications [b]such as turning it into a loan at some point. It then encourages people to go back to work.[/b]"