The federal government remains generous, with a model based on redistribution, advantageous unemployment and wages and pensions indexed to inflation. But the public debt and…
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By Tyler Durden Over the past year, 18 US states have officially ended pandemic-era states of emergency – including the covid food benefit, while a December mandate…
By Tyler Durden While initial jobless claims continues to ignore the mass layoff announcements (due to severance etc for example), continuing claims ticked up modestly…
By Tom Ozimek Another 205,000 American workers filed for unemployment benefits last week, matching the prior week’s jobless claims number and roughly in line with pre-pandemic levels, suggesting that the…
by Collin Anderson Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer’s “bad leadership” on the economy has “decimated” the state’s small business environment, a Detroit businessman who launched a…
by 100percentfedup A new report from Michigan’s auditor general highlights Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s (D-Michigan.) incompetence yet again. Nearly $4 billion of unemployment benefits were paid…
By Tyler Durden Via SchiffGold.com, Incentives matter. All of the political grandstanding, media spin and wishful thinking won’t change this basic economic principle. Both Janet Yellen…
By The Center Square Staff The last payments under federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) programs for about 7.5 million Americans will be paid before Monday, Labor Day, when…
By Tom Ozimek Millions of Americans are set to lose their federal pandemic unemployment benefits as a Sept. 6 deadline approaches for an end to the emergency programs,…
By WFMY News 2 Staff In April, 4 million people quit their jobs. It’s being called the “Great Resignation”. Many employees say they’re experiencing burnout…
by TYLER DURDEN With at least 24 GOP-led states set to end federal unemployment assistance before they’re set to expire on Sept. 6, million of Americans are going to…
By Tyler Durden Restaurant owners are blaming generous unemployment benefits for the current labor shortage. Ahead of the busy summer season, some restaurateurs are warning they might…
by Jazz Shaw Despite the best efforts of our friends in the mainstream media to deny it, this is a trend that we’ve been tracking…
by Jack Phillips Alabama has joined a growing list of GOP-led states that are ending participation in federal pandemic-related unemployment programs amid concerns that the benefits are leading…
By Dr John Without a doubt there are moments when Joe Biden doesn’t know where his feet are. He frequently loses his mask and he often is…
by TYLER DURDEN Three weeks ago, when looking at the unprecedented labor shortage that is crippling the US economy (even with some 100 million Americans…
By HENRY RODGERS Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the COVID-relief bill the House will send to the Senate will have a…
BY MORGAN GSTALTER A rapper who made a music video to brag about getting rich from coronavirus unemployment benefits was arrested for fraudulently applying for more…