Official unemployment is at 9.1 percent, and the American people think unemployment is the most important problem in the country. That is why it is important for regular people to know that high employment is not solely dictated by some “invisible hand of the market.” It can be greatly affected by the policy choices made [...]
Allowing High Unemployment Is a Choice Our Government Is Making |
| By: Jon Walker Thursday September 22, 2011 9:59 am |
Money for Directly Hiring People Popular, Payroll Tax Cut Not Popular |
| By: Jon Walker Tuesday September 20, 2011 12:39 pm |
While the Republicans have made it clear President Obama’s American Jobs Act is dead on arrival in Congress, most of the individual provisions meant to spur job creation in the bill are broadly popular according to Gallup. From a political perspective at least, the Obama campaign should be able to score some points with voters [...]
It Doesn’t Need to be this Bad |
| By: Jon Walker Wednesday June 8, 2011 1:06 pm |
The country is suffering from high unemployment, underwater mortgages, and rapidly escalating tuition prices. Most regular people lucky enough to have a job are seeing shrinking benefits from health care to retirement packages
I would love to have a major political party or even a major politician simple tell the American people they actually don’t need to keep suffer.



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