Chuck Simmins | March 23, 2009 |
Stultz got an indication of the demand for his soldiers, and the partnership’s reach, during a recent visit to Camp Bonsteel, Kosovo. A reservist who used the Employer Partnership Initiative Web site to seek out and apply for jobs told Stultz he’d hit pay dirt — even while deployed thousands of miles from home.
“He went on the site and got three different job offers,” Stultz told the Pentagon town hall session. “So his big challenge was deciding which of those offers to accept.”
Category: American Economy, Military |
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Tags: Army Reserve Employer Partnership Initiative, Army reservists, characteristics that an employer looks for, employing Army reservists, finding a job after the military, job hunting, Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, military job hunting
Chuck Simmins | February 12, 2009 |
From Stimulus Watch, this list of projects for the Rochester New York area. My comments in bold.
Category: American Economy, American Politics, Congress, Politics, Pork Busters, Rochester New York |
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Tags: Congressional stimulus projects for Rochester new york, Economic Stimulus Package, stimulus projects for Brighton New York, stimulus projects for Rochester New York
Chuck Simmins | February 7, 2009 |
The campaign has won a few battles. “Some [service members] have bought rental houses, some have eliminated credit card debt,” Shirley said. “Others have gotten rid of their car they were making payments on and gotten a car they aren’t making payments on, and others have simply started with the basics by putting 10 percent of their check each month into savings vehicles. It’s pretty exciting.”
And that translates to better unit readiness and cohesion as well, especially when it comes to deployments.
Category: American Economy, Military, Our Best: Military Women |
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Tags: Air Force Chaplain (Maj.) Sarah Shirley, Air National Guard Readiness Center, Consumer Federation, Military Saves campaign
Chuck Simmins | January 9, 2009 |
With the release of the unemployment figures for December 2008, the era of the Bush economy can be said to have ended for comparative purposes.
Category: American Economy, Analysis, Original writing, Reporting, Unemployment |
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Tags: Clinton versus Bush unemployment, December 2008 unemployment, unemployment analysis, unemployment during the Bush administration, unemployment during the Clinton administration
Chuck Simmins | November 7, 2008 |
Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 240,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. October’s drop in payroll employment followed declines of 127,000 in August and 284,000 in September, as revised. Employment has fallen by 1.2 million in the first 10 months of 2008; over half of the decrease has occurred in the past 3 months.
Category: American Economy, Analysis, Original writing, Unemployment |
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Tags: 14 year high, losing jobs, October 2008 unemployment, Unemployment, unemployment rate, United States unemployment
Chuck Simmins | October 10, 2008 |
CNN Money and Fortune Magazine tally the top corporations in the United States yearly. In the midst of this credit crisis, I thought it might be interesting to look at the debt burden of the top ten American corporations. I used the latest quarterly balance sheets as posted on Yahoo Finance.
Category: American Economy, Analysis, Original writing |
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Tags: corporate debt, credit crisis, current corporate debt, fortune 500, long term liabilities, short term liabilities
Chuck Simmins | October 7, 2008 |
Unemployment rates have been worse in the last thirty years. For Blacks and Hispanics, the current rates are as close to record lows as they are to peak unemployment rates. Overall, it appears that unemployment rates are trending lower if you consider the period 1980 to date.
Category: American Economy, Analysis, Original writing, Unemployment |
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Tags: American Economy, employment, graphs of unemployment rate, minority unemployment, september 2008 unemployment rate, Unemployment, unemployment rate
Chuck Simmins | October 1, 2008 |
Securities based on mortgages have a value, despite the refusal of the players to make a market. That will change in a month, and no company should be penalized by accounting rules for the momentary oddities of the marketplace.
Category: American Economy, Commentary, Original writing |
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Tags: accounting rules, asset accounting rules, credit crisis, credit crunch, FASB, financial crisis, mark to market, mortgage crisis, mortgages, SEC
Chuck Simmins | September 29, 2008 |
Looks like the majority of the House agreed with me. The financial bailout in its current form is dead.
The usual way to fix this is for Congress to lard up to bill with pork so that more Congresscritters will vote for it. Watch for that approach to be forthcoming. Congress can be bought. It’s just a matter of the price, now.
Category: American Economy, Commentary, Original writing |
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Tags: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, financial bailout, financial crisis, government bailout, mortgage bailout, mortgage crisis, toxic mortgages
Chuck Simmins | September 29, 2008 |
The bailout uses your money. From your pocket. Do you really want to spend your money? Do you really want the Federal Government to take your money and spend it however they wish? Here are some of the others opposing the financial bailout.
Category: American Economy, Other Bloggers |
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Tags: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, financial bailout, financial crisis, government bailout, mortgage bailout, mortgage crisis, toxic mortgages
Chuck Simmins | September 28, 2008 |
Here is a link to the Financial bailout agreement. It is in PDF form. It is a long and complex document but a very quick scan reveals some issue for the American taxpayer.
Category: American Economy, Commentary, Original writing |
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Tags: credit crisis, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, financial bailout, government bailout, mortgage bailout, mortgage crisis, toxic mortgages
