Newly out of work? Odds are, it will take you only a few weeks to find a new place.
That’s a surprising fact, considering the horrendous number of workers who are unemployed. Compared with other recessions, we’ve seen an epic loss of jobs. But the difference between who does and who doesn’t get a job tells [...]
America’s banking institutions got rich exploiting ordinary people. The mortgage banks that funded abusive loans. The investment banks that made billions of dollars leveraging these loans for fees. The commercial banks that drowned you in credit-card fees and abusive subprime cards. They ran the economy over the cliff, taking your jobs and savings with them. [...]
For those screaming about the “Obama recession,” look at this chart. The red bars show jobs lost under Bush (from January, 2008, getting worse every month). The blue bars show jobs lost under Obama (a gradual reduction in the number of jobs lost every month).
A country can’t recover in 12 months from the worst economic [...]
The Tea Party movement represents more of a danger to our social fabric than you might think. It’s the visible spout of a monstrous whale of unrest, raging just below the surface of our national life.
In the 1930s, the most visible social unrest came from the left. It was communitarian, demanding help from the government [...]
Don’t expect the the day-care center, otherwise known as the Senate, to speak for all America. It’s structured to speak for the small states, not the big ones where most of the people are. Rural America rules and gets to make the decisions for everyone else.
Just look at the numbers. Nine powerhouse states, such as California, Florida and [...]
