economy Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/economy/ Sun, 08 Nov 2020 03:11:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png economy Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/economy/ 32 32 12773863 Bernie Sanders Lays Out his Economic Agenda – Video https://ezkool.com/2016/02/bernie-sanders-lays-out-his-economic-agenda-video/ Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:22:21 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62465 After a one-sided win against Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, Democratic Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders flew back to Harlem, New York and was interviewed for MSNBC’s Politics Nation by the Rev. Al Sharpton. In the interview, Bernie Sanders laid out his policy agenda for the upcoming votes in Nevada and South Carolina, and for the […]

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]]> 62465 Unemployment Drops to 5% with 271,000 Jobs Added in October https://ezkool.com/2015/11/unemployment-drops-to-5-with-271000-jobs-added-in-october/ Sat, 07 Nov 2015 00:51:34 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=60841   And the positive economic growth continues, regardless of what the Republicans say. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls grew 271,000 for the month, a sharp jump from weak August and September numbers. The headline unemployment rate declined to 5.0 percent, declining even as the civilian labor force increased by 313,000. […]

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]]> 60841 Unemployment Rate Falls Again – Down to 5.6 Percent – #BlameObama https://ezkool.com/2015/01/unemployment-rate-falls-again-down-to-5-6-percent-blameobama/ https://ezkool.com/2015/01/unemployment-rate-falls-again-down-to-5-6-percent-blameobama/#respond Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:19:47 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=57281 No wonder the jokers in the Republican party are now trying to take credit for the economic growth in this country. Who wouldn’t want to be in charge of an economy with a 5.6 unemployment rate? The U.S. capped its best year for hiring in 15 years with a healthy job gain in December and […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/01/unemployment-rate-falls-again-down-to-5-6-percent-blameobama/feed/ 0 57281 Pension Outrage https://ezkool.com/2014/08/pension-outrage/ https://ezkool.com/2014/08/pension-outrage/#respond Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:54:42 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=54211 Last year, my personal investments provided over a 19% return and I paid no investment or broker fees. Under Chris Christie’s dysfunctional fiscal management, the New Jersey Public Pension fund returned 15.9% (2014) but paid $398.7 million dollars in fees (fiscal 2013). Since his term in office began in 2009, the pension fund had paid […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/08/pension-outrage/feed/ 0 54211 JOB CREATION UP, UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN BUT OBAMA STILL BLACK https://ezkool.com/2014/07/job-creation-up-unemployment-down-but-obama-still-black/ https://ezkool.com/2014/07/job-creation-up-unemployment-down-but-obama-still-black/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2014 03:36:24 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=52923 As seen on America The Not So Beautiful July 7, 2014 By Mike Caccioppoli There is much controversy and ballyhoo over the headline “A Nigger In The White House” by a paper in Greenwich Village in NYC. It’s actually a pro-Obama article which makes the point I have made many times and will make again […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/07/job-creation-up-unemployment-down-but-obama-still-black/feed/ 0 52923 Heading In The Right Direction – GDP Grew by 4.1 Percent https://ezkool.com/2013/12/heading-in-the-right-direction-gdp-grew-by-4-1-percent/ https://ezkool.com/2013/12/heading-in-the-right-direction-gdp-grew-by-4-1-percent/#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:27:19 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=46010 The third and final estimate of third quarter U.S. GDP by the Bureau of Economic Analysis is out. GDP grew 4.1% at an annualized rate in the third quarter, according to the estimate. Economists predicted growth of 3.6%, in line with the second estimate published by the BEA earlier this month. Personal consumption growth surged […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/12/heading-in-the-right-direction-gdp-grew-by-4-1-percent/feed/ 0 46010 Inflation: Letting The Air Out Of Teacher Pay https://ezkool.com/2013/10/letting-the-air-out-of-teacher-pay/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/letting-the-air-out-of-teacher-pay/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:40:24 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=44290 As if being a teacher isn’t enough of a financial challenge, here’s some worse news, compliments of a front-page article in Sunday’s New York Times about the Federal Reserve possibly injecting some inflation into the economy. Right now it’s an intellectual argument, and if you’ve ever studied the Great Depression of the 1930s, you know […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/letting-the-air-out-of-teacher-pay/feed/ 0 44290 First Unemployment Falls, Now Jobless Claims Falls – More Economic Progress https://ezkool.com/2013/03/first-unemployment-falls-now-jobless-claims-falls-more-economic-progress/ https://ezkool.com/2013/03/first-unemployment-falls-now-jobless-claims-falls-more-economic-progress/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:43:36 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=30332 Last time we checked, the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%, the lowest jobless rate since December of 2008. And now, first time jobless claims are also falling. First-time jobless claims fell by 10,000 to 332,000 in the week ended March 9, the fewest since mid January, according to data today from the Labor Department in […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/03/first-unemployment-falls-now-jobless-claims-falls-more-economic-progress/feed/ 0 30332 How To Turn Your Rejection Letter Into Full Time Employment https://ezkool.com/2013/03/how-to-turn-your-rejection-letter-into-full-time-employment/ https://ezkool.com/2013/03/how-to-turn-your-rejection-letter-into-full-time-employment/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:39:29 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=29366 Finding employment in this economy can be a daunting task. Many candidates have received numerous rejections for jobs they may very well be qualified for. So the question now is, what to do when you have received one rejection letter too many? You turn it into a job opportunity. Below is a good idea. From […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/03/how-to-turn-your-rejection-letter-into-full-time-employment/feed/ 1 29366 Iran’s President Ahmadinejad Admits – Western Sanctions Are Crippling Iran’s Economy https://ezkool.com/2012/10/irans-president-ahmadinejad-admits-western-sanctions-are-crippling-irans-economy/ https://ezkool.com/2012/10/irans-president-ahmadinejad-admits-western-sanctions-are-crippling-irans-economy/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:01:47 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=19486 Ahmadinejad is finally admitting that the steep decline in his country’s currency is due to the sanctions imposed by President Obama and other supporting nations. The Iranian president calls the sanctions “psychological pressures.” In the past few days Iran’s currency, the rial, has lost more than half its value against the U.S. dollar.  It has prompted […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2012/10/irans-president-ahmadinejad-admits-western-sanctions-are-crippling-irans-economy/feed/ 0 19486 Presidential Weekly Address – Republicans Are Willfully Doing Nothing To Win An Election https://ezkool.com/2012/06/presidential-weekly-address-republicans-are-willfully-doing-nothing-to-win-an-election/ https://ezkool.com/2012/06/presidential-weekly-address-republicans-are-willfully-doing-nothing-to-win-an-election/#respond Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:25:16 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=17809 President Obama spoke about our economic future, claiming that we have all the answers to our problems, but because of Republicans’ lack of interest in doing anything to help the economy, things are at a stalemate. Right now, we’re still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.  The economy […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2012/06/presidential-weekly-address-republicans-are-willfully-doing-nothing-to-win-an-election/feed/ 0 17809 President Obama’s New Ad – ‘Go.’ We’re Moving in the Right Direction https://ezkool.com/2012/05/president-obamas-new-ad-go-were-moving-in-the-right-direction/ https://ezkool.com/2012/05/president-obamas-new-ad-go-were-moving-in-the-right-direction/#respond Tue, 08 May 2012 00:25:55 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=17313 It’s Monday, and the Obama re-election campaign has released another ad with a simple message – we are not there yet, but we are heading in the right direction. The ad begins looking at the state of the economy before the President took into office. It also mentions that compared to where things were and […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2012/05/president-obamas-new-ad-go-were-moving-in-the-right-direction/feed/ 0 17313 Mitt Romney Is An Empty Suit, and We Have Proof https://ezkool.com/2012/05/mitt-romney-is-an-empty-suit-and-we-have-proof/ https://ezkool.com/2012/05/mitt-romney-is-an-empty-suit-and-we-have-proof/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 11:15:21 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=17235 Breaking News: Mitt Romney is an empty suit – but you already knew that. So it should come as no surprise to hear Mitt Romney’s plan to restore the economy. While campaigning in Virginia earlier this week, Romney passed on some information explaining his answer to a common question these days – what would Romney […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2012/05/mitt-romney-is-an-empty-suit-and-we-have-proof/feed/ 1 17235 And Rightly So – Americans Blame Bush For Bad Economy https://ezkool.com/2012/01/we-blame-bush/ https://ezkool.com/2012/01/we-blame-bush/#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:42:47 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=15079 Note to all future Presidents: If you begin your team as president with a surplus, don’t push dumb policies, like a trillion dollars in tax cuts for very rich people while fighting two wars costing another 2 trillion dollars. Don’t start programs like Medicaid part D, designed to put hundreds of billions of tax payers […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2012/01/we-blame-bush/feed/ 0 15079 Mitt Romney’s Campaign Defends His Lying Ad https://ezkool.com/2011/11/mitt-romneys-campaign-defends-his-lying-ad/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/mitt-romneys-campaign-defends-his-lying-ad/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:59:39 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13632 Relax people, it’s okay to lie as part of your campaign strategy to become the next elected president of the United States. At least that’s what Mitt Romney and his campaign camp believes. And they want you to be in on the lie too! When asked if they had any explanation for intentionally misleading the American people […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/mitt-romneys-campaign-defends-his-lying-ad/feed/ 0 13632 Best Sign Yet From The Occupy Movement https://ezkool.com/2011/10/best-sign-yet-from-the-occupy-movement/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/best-sign-yet-from-the-occupy-movement/#respond Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:02:47 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=12494 Best sign yet. As the “Occupy” movement spread across the nation, the bottom 99% are finding some very impressive ways to describe their frustrations. If awards were given out for ‘Best Sign In A Protest Movement’, this one should have no problem winning. From ‘Occupy Austin’

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/best-sign-yet-from-the-occupy-movement/feed/ 0 12494 President Obama Weekly Address – Pass The American Jobs Act Now https://ezkool.com/2011/10/president-obama-weekly-address-pass-the-american-jobs-act-now/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/president-obama-weekly-address-pass-the-american-jobs-act-now/#respond Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:07:10 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=12485 President Obama again used his weekly address to continue his push for the American Jobs Act and he asked Republicans to vote for the American people, instead of standing on the sidelines watching the economy go down the drain. “There are too many people hurting in this country for us to simply do nothing,” he […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/president-obama-weekly-address-pass-the-american-jobs-act-now/feed/ 0 12485 President Obama: End The Politics, Pass This Jobs Bill! https://ezkool.com/2011/10/president-obama-end-the-politics-pass-this-jobs-bill/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/president-obama-end-the-politics-pass-this-jobs-bill/#respond Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:01:03 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=12268 In his weekly address, President Obama again called on Republicans to work for regular middle class American people, instead of protecting the super rich. He focused on the jobs bill that Congress received over three weeks ago, and urged Congress to work and pass the bill that he says, “is fully paid for.” This jobs bill […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/president-obama-end-the-politics-pass-this-jobs-bill/feed/ 0 12268 Mitt Romney’s Record – 47th In Job Creation As Governor https://ezkool.com/2011/07/romney-job-creation/ https://ezkool.com/2011/07/romney-job-creation/#respond Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:24:33 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=10226 We’ve all heard Mitt Romney’s claim that while he was governor of Massachusetts, he was known as a ‘job creator’. Well, that’s Romney’s claim, but it’s simply not the facts. The DNC has put together a little video shedding some light on Romney’s boast. The fact is, that out of all 50 states, Romney’s economic policies came in […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/07/romney-job-creation/feed/ 0 10226 Russell Simmons To The Rich – Stop Bitching, Pay Your Damn Taxes https://ezkool.com/2011/07/russell-simmons-to-the-rich-stop-bitching-pay-your-damn-taxes/ https://ezkool.com/2011/07/russell-simmons-to-the-rich-stop-bitching-pay-your-damn-taxes/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:06:16 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=10174 Republicans have shown time and time again during these negotiations on raising the debt ceiling, that they are willing to allow the good faith and credit of America to be ruined, just to protect the tax loopholes their rich friends enjoy. Loopholes like providing $600 billion a year to oil companies and giving tax breaks […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/07/russell-simmons-to-the-rich-stop-bitching-pay-your-damn-taxes/feed/ 1 10174 Republicans – Flushing The Economy Down The Drain For Political Gain https://ezkool.com/2011/07/republicans-flushing-the-economy-down-the-drain-for-political-gain/ https://ezkool.com/2011/07/republicans-flushing-the-economy-down-the-drain-for-political-gain/#respond Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:40:55 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=9884 “Do they simply want the economy to go down the drain to further their political gain? They seem to be against anything that may create jobs, because they view a weak economy as key to their political chances in 2012. “It’s an uncomfortable question, to be sure. Are they trying to undermine the economy on […]

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