
Filed under: Republicans, Polls, 2010 Elections, Jobs, LobbyingRepublican lobbyists, consultants and contractors are polishing their resumes, expecting their job prospects to turn around as more polls point to GOP wins in the November elections. P...
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Leave it to somebody from the American Enterprise Institute to figure out what's really wrong with the economy. Kevin Hasset, AEI's director of economic-policy studies, was an adviser to John McCain in his bid for the presidency. He writes, Your Fat Paycheck Keeps Your Neighbor Unemployed:
So here comes the leap...
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Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Economy, Humor, Obama Administration, Chaos Theory, Congress, UnemploymentWe're in the funny money. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Tags: bankruptcy, bush tax cuts, economy, employment, Federal Reserve, homeless, homelessness, jobs, recovery, tax cuts, unemployment
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Filed under: Democrats, Economy, Humor, Obama Administration, Chaos Theory, UnemploymentHi-Ho Blunder! Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Tags: Ben Bernanke, economic crisis, economic recovery, economy, Federal Reserve, jobs, middle class, obama, Obama Administration, unemployment
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Filed under: Republicans, Economy, Humor, Chaos Theory, Unemployment, JobsCongress has the patience of Job Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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No verbs in this sentence. Or this one. Taken out to pass muster with "moderates" in Congress. Nouns, prepositions next up for cuts.
Democrats have chopped more than 25 percent out of the jobs bill, which is actually an amalgam of economic relief measures. The objective: collect "moderate" votes from other Democrats...
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Naturally, the deficit hawks aren't too keen on the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010. The fact that so many millions of Americans are out of work or employed in part-time jobs because they can't find full-time positions doesn't bother those for whom deficits are the most important matter. Never...
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The New Dem/Blue Dog/ConservaDem core in Congress has already started raising hell over giving more money to people who have become so lazy because of their unemployment benefits that they just won't look for jobs. Because, as digby sez "I guess living in your car and digging in trash cans is the...
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