Just How Much Unemployment Rewards Washington

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Just How Much Unemployment Rewards Washington

on Wall Street, and to the anger of many, the rewards are set to rise. But it's not just bankers' bonuses going up, so is unemployment ...

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Amazon may pay Calif. sales tax, get much of it back
The Seattle Times
"This is huge. This is monumental, not only for the city but for the county and the region," he said. "We're up to 20 percent unemployment, and this is going to make a dent." But critics worry that any deal would embolden other retailers to demand

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Business Insider

Is Mitt Romney Embarrassed About Having An Education Plan?
Business Insider
AP Mitt Romney quietly unveiled his plans to reform the US public education system, announcing the major policy proposal to a small group of conservative Latino business owners in Washington. Like most of Romney's policy proposals, the education

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Obama's European Stimulus Challenge
TIME
This stimulus won't even be debated in Washington. Obama's reelection hinges on whether 17 Eurozone nations can band together to deal with a financial crisis threatening to tear apart Europe's common currency and drag the world into another recession.

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MiamiHerald.com

Eurozone unemployment hits record high
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey shows US businesses sharply reduced hiring in April, a cautionary sign two days before the government reports on monthly job growth. Payroll provider ADP said Wednesday that businesses added just 119000 jobs last
Business HighlightsBoston.com

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The Austerity Trap and the Jobs Deficit
Huffington Post (blog)
The dire threat facing America, according to Mitt Romney and Republicans this week, is debt, not mass unemployment. We face "a prairie fire of debt," Mitt Romney warned in Iowa. Debt is "a grave threat to freedom," intoned House Speaker John Boehner in

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