Review & Outlook: The Jobless Summer – WSJ.com. Perhaps you’ve already noticed around the neighborhood, but this is a rotten summer for young Americans to find a job. The Department of Labor reported last week that a smaller share of 16-19 year-olds are working than at anytime since records began to be kept in 1948. Only 24% of teens,... Read more
Archive for the ‘Socialism’ Category
Review & Outlook: The Jobless Summer – WSJ.com
July 3 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Obama, Party Politics, Socialism, The LeftThe Union ‘Quickie’
June 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Party Politics, SocialismReview & Outlook: The Union ‘Quickie’ – WSJ.com. When Big Labor failed to persuade even a Democratic Congress to pass “card check” legislation, it turned to Plan B: the National Labor Relations Board, which yesterday delivered a plan for “quickie” union elections designed to make organizing easier. Current law already gives unions an advantage in their ability to ... Read more
PM David Cameron says ‘runaway dads’ should be ‘shamed’
June 19 | Posted by mrossol | Politically correct, SocialismBBC News – PM David Cameron says ‘runaway dads’ should be ‘shamed’. Absent fathers should be “stigmatised” by society in the same way as drink-drivers, the prime minister has said. A father himself, David Cameron said “runaway dads” should feel the “full force of shame” for their actions. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph to mark Father’s Day, he said it was not... Read more
My Summer Job Road to Perdition
June 12 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Obama, SocialismJames Bovard: My Summer Job Road to Perdition – WSJ.com. I’m sure Obama’s “create jobs” program(s) are different and will truly work. ——— By JAMES BOVARD Mayors, governors and congressmen are busily hyping summer jobs programs. Kids can learn a great deal from a season on the government payroll. I benefitted from my 1973 experience at the Virginia Highway Department, digging... Read more
The Lone Star Jobs Surge
June 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Obama, SocialismReview & Outlook: The Lone Star Jobs Surge – WSJ.com. I’m sure the Texan model is unsustainable… I mean, think about it: This is George W’s state… What good can come from there? ——— Richard Fisher, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, dropped by our offices this week and relayed a remarkable fact: Some 37% of all net... Read more
Collective Military Irrelevance
June 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, SocialismReview & Outlook:’Collective Military Irrelevance’ – WSJ.com. Amen. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is leaving office with a bang, and yesterday his target was a NATO alliance that he said is risking “collective military irrelevance” by spending so little on defense that it can’t defeat a two-bit dictator like Moammar Gadhafi after 11 weeks of military action. His ordnance... Read more


