Tonight, President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union address. A major theme of the speech will be jobs and the economy. Let's hope the president spares a few minutes for Wall Street reforms that might prevent a repeat of the economic collapse that we're slowly starting to recover from.
The Rand Paul campaign was really proud of the $2500 their campaign received from the National Right to Work for Less Committee. Of course there is a very good reason for that. The National Right to Work Committee is an extremist group and as we all have seen Rand Paul is an especially extremist candidate. He opposes the right of Americans to have and maintain a middle-class and falls into the most helpless realm of corporate apology and welfare condoned by his new mentor, Mitch McConnell. The difference is, Rand Paul was undisciplined enough to tell you how Republicans really feel about you.
Wow, it wasn't but a few short hours when I wrote this diary about how Mitch McConnell had told Rand Paul that he really just needs to shut the hell up. Well, the Senator from Communist China might have known what he was talking about in reigning in the mad doctor with the twisty curls. You see, every time Rand Paul opens his mouth a cherished Republican belief that they have worked so long and hard to disguise spews forth. Now, Rand Paul thinks we fat and sassy working folks just make to much money!!
After a recent breakup, a friend of mine had an awkward conversation with her new ex. It began with this difficult question – “I know you’ve got a new man, but is he a good man?”
Some things are just hard to answer. So when I read in the New York Times last Friday that the job market was brightening, I knew better than to question the statement. Out loud, at least.
In my head, I can hear the rewording – “I know you’ve got a new job, but is it a good job?” And actually, I think this difficult question has to be asked, and answered. The American economy has made some strides in recent months, presumably in response to the stimulus. However, there is still work to done. Although the country added 162,000 net jobs in March 2010, almost one-third of these jobs include temporary Census jobs. Furthermore, of the people who remain unemployed, the number of those considered to be long-term unemployed – meaning that they have been seeking work for 27 weeks or more – has risen to 44.1%.
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