" The $1 Trillion Wage Deficit Share December 2009, John Schmitt and Dean Baker The strong rise in the U.S. stock market since the spring and the return to positive economic growth in the third quarter of this year have created a...
" As researchers for The Free Enterprise Nation began compiling information about the pay and benefits disparity that exists between government/public education and those who work in the private sector, we'd hear an occasional "OH, MY GOSH!" or "OH, MY!" as they found another...
NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, has been getting a lot of not so favorable, and sometimes, controversial headlines in recent years. Some critics blame it for the current labor shortages in the United States, due to the fact that most U.S. companies have been...
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Vancouver Sun education reporter Janet Steffenhagen writes about a report that documents how education workers who support the most vulnerable students are often forced to work for free. "Special-education...
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Why do women continue to earn less money than men? It seems this ongoing issue is starting to really heat upResearch was recently conducted by the Journal of Economic Analysis and it's very interesting what social dynamics seem to surround this issue.Source
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I recently filed exempt on my tax form because, frankly, I'm sick of sending my property (wages) to a gigantic crime family that is the U.S. Government. I would be lying if i didn't admit that this makes me a...
opinion by SUICIDEkings | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 65 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" In 1802 Thomas Jefferson said “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and...
Barry Op/Ed Vancouver, British Columbia, the Province of Tolerance and Multicultural Diversity with all the Tofu Fixins, is one city where those who believe this is Lotusland, soon find themselves in the middle of...
Gov. Sarah Palin proves to be good to her friends and unforgiving to her enemies."Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes Heath Family, via Associated Press The Wasilla City Council, with Sarah Palin, the future governor and vice-presidential nominee, at the...
" Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday evening. He voiced a call for America on election day to vote her own best interests. Though a stalwart of...
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"Descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team are looking for a final budding explorer to complete their ancestors' journey to the South Pole. Legend has it Sir Ernest recruited his expedition members with an advert promising "small wages", "constant danger" and a...
A Wall Street Journal article today exposed that Wal-Mart is using employee meetings tout its political message, telling them not to vote for Democrats in the November election. The reason Wall-Mart is...
Sitting out in the car last fall waiting for Diana to step out of the last remaining department store in a dilapidated mall that had been dying slowly for a few short years, it occurred to me that the moment represented the collapse of our nation. This store was closing its...
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