Archive for July, 2009
Michigan’s Unemployment Reaches 15%
Thursday, July 16th, 2009As of July, Michigan’s unemployment rate has reached an all-time high of 15% and growing. Michigan once boasted a large population of just over 10 million folks but with joblessness sweeping the state like an unstoppable epidemic, those numbers are decreasing rapidly as intellectual capital moves elsewhere.
“In a little over 100 days, this recovery act [...]
Stimulus Package: Decreasing our Standard of Living
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Every day, I take the same exact route to and from work. Like most of you (who are fortunate enough to still have jobs in the state of Michigan), this route becomes routine. And you don’t really stop to think about this routine until the same road you take every day is closed for construction. [...]
Feds Raising Minimum Wage
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the federal minimum wage will increase later this month as unemployment rises. Minimum wage will go to a minimum floor of $7.25 an hour starting July 24 from its current position of $6.55.
The ripple will be felt in 29 states and many will follow suit to surpass the new wage [...]
Obama Nation-Swine Flu Spending Alert
Sunday, July 12th, 2009Yes, you read it correctly: another billion dollars is being spent on the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu. For those of you who missed the last swine flu spending alert, $250 million dollars has already been allocated towards medication that may or may not be effective against the virus, according to the [...]
Private Health Care Gives National Health Care Run For the Money
Thursday, July 9th, 2009As legislation nears for a universal health care system in America, the Obama Administration looks to neighboring Canada as a model of public health care. However, an adverse phenemonon is taking place in Canada where government health care has long been considered successful–the private health care business is booming. Patients who are tired of substandard care and long waits [...]
Powell/China Express Regrets
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009After breaking ranks with the Republican party to endorse President Barack Obama, Colin Powell has serious regrets that America’s in too deep.
“I’m concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them,” the former secretary of state told CNN in an [...]
