Why civilian and federal employees pay less toward their federal pensions than their private-sector counterparts?
Because public-employee unions and their allies rule in Congress .
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
How the U.S. government can increase employment
How the U.S. government can increase employment
The U.S. government can increase employment by paying more people not to work.
The U.S. government can increase employment by hiring more bureaucrats.
The U.S. government can increase employment by a big expansion of unemployment insurance.
The U.S. government can increase employment by taking money out of the private economy by taxes.
The U.S. government can increase employment by making firms in industries with high labor turnover rates—such as hospitality, restaurants, construction and trucking—pay a higher tax.
The U.S. government can increase employment by discouraging 20 million Americans from looking for work.
The U.S. government can increase employment by paying more people not to work.
The U.S. government can increase employment by hiring more bureaucrats.
The U.S. government can increase employment by a big expansion of unemployment insurance.
The U.S. government can increase employment by taking money out of the private economy by taxes.
The U.S. government can increase employment by making firms in industries with high labor turnover rates—such as hospitality, restaurants, construction and trucking—pay a higher tax.
The U.S. government can increase employment by discouraging 20 million Americans from looking for work.
Monday, December 9, 2013
How many people do not work?
How many people do not work?
20 million Americans are still unemployed, underemployed or discouraged from looking for work.
20 million Americans are still unemployed, underemployed or discouraged from looking for work.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
The best tool to fight inequality.
The best tool to fight inequality.
America’s education system is the the best tool to fight inequality.
America’s poorly run education system is producing a perfect equal society.
Everybody is completely in the dark about how the world works.
America’s education system is the the best tool to fight inequality.
America’s poorly run education system is producing a perfect equal society.
Everybody is completely in the dark about how the world works.
The level of support of Fed officials
The level of
support of Fed officials
Fed officials probably
underestimated the level of support and they will not wind down their $85
billion-a-month bond-purchase program in December.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
How to restore fiscal insanity in Congress.
How to restore fiscal insanity in Congress.
Since Congress doesn’t do anything American people can unrest easy knowing that their elected representatives never have gone through the nation’s finances line-by-line to make good, informed decisions.
Since Congress doesn’t do anything American people can unrest easy knowing that their elected representatives never have gone through the nation’s finances line-by-line to make good, informed decisions.
Friday, December 6, 2013
The new kind of job in the U.S.
The new kind of job in the U.S.
Lower-wage
jobs, with median hourly wages of $7.68 to $13.83, accounted for only 21% of
job losses during the downturn but have accounted for more than half, 58%, of
all job growth. Jobs that saw the fastest growth were retail sales
positions (at a median wage of $10.97 an hour) and food preparation workers
($9.04 an hour). Since June 2009, each of those fields has grown by more than
300,000 workers.
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