Tag Archives: Unemployment

So, Where ARE the Jobs?

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath The question that keeps repeating itself over and over again by the Republicans is “Where ARE the Jobs?” Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) asked the question again on January 10, … Continue reading

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How About a Fact or Two Added to the Discussion of the 2.5 Million Lost Jobs

Opinion By Patricia L Johnson The Congressional Budget Office released their report “The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2014” [1] on February 4, 2014. Republicans were positively ecstatic over the fact the report indicated 2.0 million jobs would be … Continue reading

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The Trends on Job Creation

 By Patricia L Johnson The job losses in this country began in February 2008 with a loss of 84,000 jobs and we continued losing jobs each month for the next 24 months, with February 2010 jobs losses at 35,000.  During … Continue reading

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Obama moves jobs speech to September 8 | Reuters

Obama moves jobs speech to September 8 | Reuters.

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Obama calls Buffett, Ford CEO for advice – The Hill’s On The Money

Obama calls Buffett, Ford CEO for advice – The Hill’s On The Money. President Obama on Monday reached out to billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Ford CEO Alan Mulally for advice as he crafts a major jobs plan to be … Continue reading

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Governor Rick Perry’s 48 percent Jobs Claim only Half True

By Patricia L Johnson It was during a cameo appearance June 14, 2011 on the Glenn Beck show that Governor Rick Perry claimed “Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas”. According … Continue reading

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Economic Releases August 5, 2011

Consumer Credit (G19) Note: Release time is at 3 p.m. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Note: Release time is at 10:30 a.m. Employment Situation (Includes Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate, Average Workweek, and Hourly Earnings) Commercial Paper

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Pentagon Says More Budget Cuts Mean Furloughs

A senior Pentagon official warned Wednesday that the Defense Department might have to furlough or even lay off “thousands” of civilian employees, and endure major disruptions to its weapons programs, if congressional lawmakers can’t avert a potential $500 billion budget … Continue reading

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You can lead a Horse to Water, but you cannot make it Drink, Write a Letter or Make a Call.

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath You voted the Republicans in – now vote them out. We don’t need a National election for you to tell the GOP what you think of their refusal to increase the debt … Continue reading

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Toward An Understanding of the Effects of Natural and Man-made Disasters on Unemployment and GDP -Or- Blame it All on Einstein

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath The massive earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale struck Japan on March 11, 2011 and was followed by a gigantic tsunami causing untold damage resulting in the meltdown of three nuclear … Continue reading

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Tea Party Candidates have been in Congress Too Long!

Opinion by Patricia L Johnson Representative Hal Rogers (R-KY), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced a revised bill for FY 2011 with additional cuts. Supposedly the additional cuts are due to demands by Tea Party freshman, but really…. what … Continue reading

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Note to GOP – Creating Babies is NOT the Same as Creating Jobs

Republicans were put back in control of the House partially based upon their promises in their “Pledge to America”. You only have to read 271 words into the pledge to come to the following statement, which is the first time … Continue reading

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“…The Worst [Jobs]Track Record on Record”

By Patricia L Johnson President Obama has been inundated with criticism over jobs, or lack thereof, for the past several months by the Republican party.  Today is no exception.  The ink is barely dry on the report issued by the … Continue reading

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