It’s official! The US has added 252,000 jobs in December and the jobless rate is now at 5.6%, making 2014 the best year of job growth since 1999 . Vintage advertisement for Colgate Toothpaste 1939
Watch how quickly the Republicans take credit for the improving economy while ignoring the fact that the tea party infused obstructionist policies delayed our recovery several agonizing years.
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If the seed of the American Dream was planted during the dark days of the Depression, germinated at the New York Worlds Fair of 1939, it was nurtured and cultivated during the sacrifices and deprivations of WWII. By wars end
If the seed of the American Dream was planted during the dark days of the Depression, germinated at the New York Worlds Fair of 1939, it was nurtured and cultivated during the sacrifices and deprivations of WWII. By wars end
Though it would be my parents generation, those who lived through the Great Depression and later rolled up their collective sleeves, pitched in and sacrificed for the greater good in their fight against tyranny-who would be knighted by Tom Brokaw
Though it would be my parents generation, those who lived through the Great Depression and later rolled up their collective sleeves, pitched in and sacrificed for the greater good in their fight against tyranny-who would be knighted by Tom Brokaw
For over half a century, Americans soaring confidence had always promised a sugar-frosted future filled with frost free fun and abundance and economic prosperity. But that Buoyant bubble of optimism has since gone bust. Along with our jobs, retirement funds
For over half a century, Americans soaring confidence had always promised a sugar-frosted future filled with frost free fun and abundance and economic prosperity. But that Buoyant bubble of optimism has since gone bust. Along with our jobs, retirement funds
American Dream Foreclosed Whether a split level or a McMansion, the American Home has been the very embodiment of the American Dream. Once the mark of achievement, the suburban home was a solid investment, the guarantee of a secure future.
American Dream Foreclosed Whether a split level or a McMansion, the American Home has been the very embodiment of the American Dream. Once the mark of achievement, the suburban home was a solid investment, the guarantee of a secure future.
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Envisioning The American Dream 
Those – men – with the whitest teeth, best clothes and the shiniest shoes get the best jobs? A little like the English, som for several centuries appointed generals and admiras according to the nobility of their ancestors instead of aptitude, skill and training…
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With these statistics one must look at the broader picture, these new jobs may be more or less part time and near min wage while most won’t have medical coverage. This is the future trend and direction that our youth and unemployed are headed.
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You are right that many of these are minimum wage jobs and that is an important issue that needs to be addressed as well as benefits for more workers
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Hopefully today’s action by the House to re introduce the 40 hour workweek will help with that. Since the ACA dropped that amount to 30, many full time jobs morphed in to part time ones so it’s a helpful step. 12 Democrats joined all Republicans voting for this measure but Harry Red is unlikely to bring it to a floor vote and President Obama is likely to veto it even if he does.
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To use a quote the Republicans and Fox News likes to say, “It’s Obama’s fault.”
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