What is productivity in Congress?

What is productivity in Congress?

H.R. 803 – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Sponsor: Rep Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5)

2/25/2013    Introduced in House


3/12/2013    House Education and Workforce Committee amends and passes it. 


3/15/2013    Three days later, it’s passed in the full House by a vote of 215 - 202

[15 months passes with no action in the Senate.]


6/25/2014    Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.


6/25/2014    Passed in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by a vote of 95 - 3.


7/9/2014      Resolving differences -- House passes the Senate-amended version by a vote of 415 – 6.


7/15/2014    Presented to President.


7/22/2014     Signed into law.

How America works.

How America works.

Borrowing revenue from the future to pay for our spending today.

Playing the accounting game in Washington.

Kicking any can down the road.

Allowing  technically to game the system.

What will ignite the next economic crash?

What will ignite the next economic crash?

Cov-lite lending

The new gold standard of employment metrics.

The new gold standard of employment metrics.

Payroll to Population,  the number of adults in the total population who work for an employer at least 30 hours per week.

U.S. Payroll to Population Rate is 47%.

What is the difference between an opinion and a fact?

What is the difference between an opinion and a fact?

Sooner of later a fact happens

Examples of advanced technology

Invasive biosensor device developed with the use of novel nanotechnology for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

A battery operated, remote controlled, prototype device that can stream video and audio data to other platforms over multiple networks through an Android application.  The Android application will be used to control and operate the device.

Something difficult to overcome in modern society:

Something difficult to overcome in modern society:

Usually who wants to help has no authority, and who has authority doesn't want to help.

Productivity in the United States

Productivity in the United States decreased to 106.12 Index Points in the first quarter of 2014 from 107.06 Index Points in the fourth quarter of 2013. Productivity in the United States averaged 64.10 Index Points from 1959 until 2014, reaching an all time high of 107.06 Index Points in the fourth quarter of 2013 and a record low of 31.67 Index Points in the first quarter of 1959. Productivity in the United States is reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How to alienate friends?

How to alienate  friends?

Sending a spy to spy on a committee set up to investigate whether you have sent spies to spy on your friends.

And your spy got caught.

The real inequality.

The real inequality.

Dow Jones closes above 17,000 for first time on July 3rd  2014

U.S. gross domestic product shrank by 2.9% in the first quarter of 2014.

What is a sophism?

A sophism is a false argument intended to mislead. A sophist is a person who reasons with clever but fallacious and deceptive arguments.

The new tool to win presidential, state and federal elections.

The new tool to win presidential, state and federal elections.

Using technology  to influence  the way people express their emotions  and how likely they are to vote.