Posts Tagged 'labor force'

Made in America Panel Predicts that Oreos Aren’t the Last Brand Leaving the Country to get Price Relief on Farming Products

Made in America Panel Predicts that Oreos Aren’t the Last Brand Leaving the Country to get Price Relief on Farming Products

Host Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 70 stations) by discussing the quandary faced by Americans. While more taxes have been paid than at any time in history, the nation still faces a half trillion dollar deficit.  Neal suggested that the reason may be that our tax dollars instead of being used to pare down the debt have instead been squandered in government waste.

The first guest on Made in ...

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American Citizens Are Relegated to the Back of the Line for Jobs

American Citizens Are Relegated to the Back of the Line for Jobs

When it comes to President Barack Obama, I have always maintained his race has never been a factor in the rejection of his policies.

The color of one’s skin shouldn’t matter in this country.

Yet, as our first black president, it appears he has turned his back on America’s black labor force.

The black unemployment rate stands at more than 20 percent, and has been at that level for a long time. The unemployment rate for black youth is astronomical.

Yet, ...

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Obama Is Manufacturing His Manufacturing Numbers

Obama Is Manufacturing His Manufacturing Numbers

Most presidents surround themselves with cabinet and staff members who have the skill sets required to handle the daunting tasks that they face each day. President Obama has taken a different approach. He hires fiction writers.

If you spend any time looking at the unemployment numbers, for example, the Obama administration puts the national unemployment rate at just under 7 percent. That sounds very manageable, unless you take into account the 11 million Americans who have dropped out of the labor ...

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Our Disappearing Labor Force

Our Disappearing Labor Force

The year 2014 is turning out to be a reincarnation of 1978, when we had an out-of-touch Democratic president who failed to spur the economy and help create jobs.

In fact, the labor force participation this year equals that of 1978, when only 62.8 percent of American civilians 16 or older had a job or actively looked for work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

It is estimated that more than 11 million people have dropped out of the labor force ...

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Made in America Panel Contends that a Minimum Wage Hike Will Hurt, Not Help Workers

Made in America Panel Contends that a Minimum Wage Hike Will Hurt, Not Help Workers

Recounting his appearance on Thom Hartmann’s progressive radio show on the RT Network, Neal Asbury began his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 46 stations), by reiterating his opinion that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour will actually result in job losses, punishing the very people it is supposedly designed to help.

Made in America welcomed first-time guest Daniel M. Rothschild, the managing director of the State and Local Policy Project at ...

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