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Worst “Recovery” Ever for Dropouts from the Workforce. In no prior recession have this many people remained out of the…
Read More (Reason #4: Worst “Recovery” Ever for Dropouts from the Workforce)Worst “Recovery” Ever for Long-Term Unemployed. In no other recession were there this many long-term unemployed. Source: Calculated Risk Blog….
Read More (Reason #3: Worst “Recovery” Ever for Long-Term Unemployed)At the Current Pace, the Jobs Gap Won’t Close until 2018. The jobs gap includes both jobs lost during the…
Read More (Why Should Senate Democrats Act on 40 House-Passed Jobs Bills?)On June 17, 2010, the Obama Administration announced the start of “Recovery Summer.” As one Administration official put it back…
Read More (Four Years since “Recovery Summer,” the First of 40 Reasons for Senate Democrats to Act on 40 House-Passed Jobs Bills)On the sixth Father’s Day of the Obama Administration, it’s time to review how America’s fathers have been doing in…
Read More (Another Unhappy Father’s Day for America’s Working Dads)According to a recent CNNMoney poll, a majority of Americans believe the American Dream is impossible to achieve. Even more…
Read More (No Wonder 59 Percent Say American Dream Is Out of Reach)Nancy Pelosi famously claimed that unemployment benefits are “one of the biggest stimuluses to our economy” that “creates jobs faster…
Read More (Employment and Jobs Have Grown Faster since the EUC Program Expired)While it operated, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program provided record amounts of financial assistance to over 24 million long-term…
Read More (What Happened Since Extended Unemployment Benefits Ended?)Rhetoric “[Sen. Jack] Reed said he had consulted with state officials to vet potential problems. ‘We have been talking to…
Read More (Despite Senate Claims, National UI Administrators’ Association Says Problems with Senate Extension Are So Serious Some States Might Not Operate Program at All)White House Two Months Ago: Decline in labor force participation increases inequality (i.e. the “defining challenge of our time”) and…
Read More (White House Sings New Tune on Labor Force, Now that CBO Says ObamaCare Will Decrease it By Over 2 Million)