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Stating the Obvious: Unemployment

October 22, 2011

“Stating the Obvious,” with host Duane Morgan. “Unemployment”

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Senator Wants Nation’s Jobless to be His Servants

By • on March 2, 2010

WASHINGTON — After blocking passage of a jobless benefits bill, Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) announced today he will compensate the nation’s unemployed by offering them non-paid positions as his personal servants. “They should consider it an internship,” said Bunning. “They will learn the

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Americans Flee to Guatemala to Escape Bleak Job Market

By • on November 17, 2009

GUATEMALA CITY — John Wilson holds a PhD in physics and has worked in the aerospace industry for over thirty years. Today he is selling cheese-stuffed pupusas — a native Guatemalan delicacy — from the back of a burro-driven wagon. With unemployment over 10 percent in the United States,

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Employment Up for Stupid People

By • on October 24, 2009

WASHINGTON — Employment among imbeciles and morons rose 10% in the 2nd quarter of 2009, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Bureau of Statistics. In addition, findings indicated the jobless rate for buffoons was down 8%, with the filing of new unemployment claims tapering off substantially

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Unemployment Soars Among Unemployment Office Workers

By • on April 7, 2009

SACRAMENTO — The California Employment Development Department (EDD), the agency responsible for distributing unemployment benefits to millions of the state’s laid-off employees, has itself begun laying off thousands of its own staff members. “It happened so sudden,” said Lester

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White House Touts Double-Digit Employment

White House Touts Double-Digit Employment

By • on February 2, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC — A new report from the White House indicates that 93% of Americans currently have jobs, superseding previous accounts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that 7% were out of work. “In only two weeks, we have gone from 7% unemployment to 93% employment,” said Speaker

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