"Don’t you dare attempt any constructive activity," notes Moonbattery with biting sarcasm, "especially something that will help alleviate unemployment, unless you have acquired approval and fully submitted to any conceivably applicable needless and cumbersome regulations -- even if bureaucrats’ glacial pace and pyramid-sized tangles of red tape would put you out of business."
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Showing posts with label jobs. Show all posts
Coding Bootcamps in California Struggle to Survive Regulation Overkill
January 31, 2014 - You would think that the government, at any level, would welcome and encourage anything that will help people get decent jobs. If so, your thinking is incorrect. Remember: Government is not interested in helping you, but only in helping the the government itself and the gray bureaucrats that cling to it like leaches. That's no truer anywhere than in over-regulated California.
"Don’t you dare attempt any constructive activity," notes Moonbattery with biting sarcasm, "especially something that will help alleviate unemployment, unless you have acquired approval and fully submitted to any conceivably applicable needless and cumbersome regulations -- even if bureaucrats’ glacial pace and pyramid-sized tangles of red tape would put you out of business."
"Don’t you dare attempt any constructive activity," notes Moonbattery with biting sarcasm, "especially something that will help alleviate unemployment, unless you have acquired approval and fully submitted to any conceivably applicable needless and cumbersome regulations -- even if bureaucrats’ glacial pace and pyramid-sized tangles of red tape would put you out of business."
Growing Chicago Food Service "Fetch" Preparing to Hire Delivery People
May 16, 2016 - How can hungry Chicagoans on the city's north side want Big Macs, Whoppers, Sliders or Supreme Burritos delivered to them?They can call "Fetch Foods," a new delivery service in the Windy City. They've been operating since mid-April, but are already seeing a steady stream of orders. Fetch tells us that they will soon need more delivery people with cars, scooters and bikes.
Fetch picks up from McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Five Guys, White Castle and Five Guys, then deliver it quickly to a customer's home or office. With warmer weather, they are also delivering to beaches along the Chicago lakefront.
Unlike most food delivery services, Fetch does not work for any restaurant. "We work for the customer," a Fetch spokesman tell Chicago News Bench. Fetch delivers the fast food that, until now, was not being delivered at all: Grub from those big chain fast food restaurants that don't traditionally deliver. Ordering is easily done via the Fetch website, and people can follow updates at the Fetch Facebook page.
Fetch wants to hear from people who are interested in doing delivery work. If you would like to get on their list of folks looking for delivery work, contact them here. They are not actually hiring at this time, they "expect a big increase" in demand "very soon," and want to have a roster of eager people ready to go quickly. Fetch serves the following Chicago zip codes: 60613, 60614, 60618, 60622, 60625, 60626, 60640, 60645, 60647, 60657, 60659, 60660.
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U.S. Labor Market Still In 'Deep Depression'
September 7, 2012 - Obama wants four more years to continue his failed economic policies. His campaign has said that his policies have succeeded. They have not, however. They have failed miserably. Sure, you may have heard today that the national average unemployment rate has "gone down" to 8.1% but the bad news is that the reduction is due in no small part to people just giving up and, as a result, no longer being counted officially in the unemployment numbers.
Obama has had nearly four years for his "hope and change" to work. It has not worked. The change has been catastrophic, and has caused hundreds of thousands of people to give up hope.
Like a demonic sadist, Obama now commands us to beg for more punishment. Whether or not he wins re-election in November will depend upon how many masochists go to the polls to vote for him.
"While the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1% from 8.3% in July, it was due to a big drop in the labor force participation rate (the share of Americans with a job or looking for one)," notes the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) today. "If fewer Americans hadn’t given up looking for work, the unemployment rate would have risen."
The Guardian, a respected British newspaper, reports today that "The US economy added just 96,000 new jobs in August, far below economists' expectations and dealing a crushing blow to President Barack Obama after the close of the Democratic national convention."
That number - 96,000 - is pitiful indeed. That's an average of a mere 1,920 per state and it does not tell the story of jobs that were lost during the same time period, nor does that raw number tell anything about the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have just given up trying to find work in a horrifically bad economic environment. CNN Money noted today that, "The unemployment rate fell largely because 368,000 people stopped looking for work, many of them young people. Just 63.5% of the working-age population was either employed or actively looking for work -- a 30-year low."
In addition, says The Guardian, the increase of 96,000 jobs "is below population growth." To make matters even worse, "the figures for July and June were revised downwards."
You can read the full depressing report at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
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Like a demonic sadist, Obama now commands us to beg for more punishment. Whether or not he wins re-election in November will depend upon how many masochists go to the polls to vote for him.
"While the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1% from 8.3% in July, it was due to a big drop in the labor force participation rate (the share of Americans with a job or looking for one)," notes the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) today. "If fewer Americans hadn’t given up looking for work, the unemployment rate would have risen."
The Guardian, a respected British newspaper, reports today that "The US economy added just 96,000 new jobs in August, far below economists' expectations and dealing a crushing blow to President Barack Obama after the close of the Democratic national convention."
That number - 96,000 - is pitiful indeed. That's an average of a mere 1,920 per state and it does not tell the story of jobs that were lost during the same time period, nor does that raw number tell anything about the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have just given up trying to find work in a horrifically bad economic environment. CNN Money noted today that, "The unemployment rate fell largely because 368,000 people stopped looking for work, many of them young people. Just 63.5% of the working-age population was either employed or actively looking for work -- a 30-year low."
In addition, says The Guardian, the increase of 96,000 jobs "is below population growth." To make matters even worse, "the figures for July and June were revised downwards."
You can read the full depressing report at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
Yes, I Could Use Your Help Again (Updated)
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It's still a rough job market out there, especially for a 57-year old dude like me (I don't care what Obama's propaganda machine says). And so I ask for your assistance, friends. Please help me to continue publishing "Chicago News Bench" blog (since 2006). (Your help, of course, will also help to eat!) I am doing my best to keep up even as I continue my long employment search. The occasional payment for advertising and contributions from good folks like you are all that's kept me going. Click here to make a contribution via PayPal. Your help is much appreciated! Thanks in advance, and God bless.
Powerful Video Highlights Obama's Failures
This video, "Obama's Debt-End Bus Tour," is sure to tug at your heart strings. Well, okay, at your wallet chain. It's a production of the Republican National Committee (RNC), but that doesn't make the facts presented any less true.
Obama is touring the Midwest "on a new $1.1 million bus purchased by the Secret Service, an impenetrable-looking conveyance the size of a cross-country Greyhound, painted all in black, with dark tinted windows and flashing red and blue lights." (CBS News) Isn't it nice to know that in these tough economic times, President Obama is not wasting taxpayer money on things like expensive new buses for his own personal campaign? Isn't it?
Jobs Claims Decrease Is Nothing To Cheer About
August 11, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Labor reported today that unemployment benefits claims "fell" for the week ending August 6. That's good news, right? I don't think so, because the amount by which the numbers fell were so small that they are statistically insignificant. In fact, the number averages to a mere 140 fewer claims per each of the 50 states.
"Claims for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly dropped last week to a four-month low," a Bloomberg report noted today, "signaling the job market is being hampered by a lack of hiring rather than more firings. The number of applications for unemployment insurance payments fell 7,000 in the week ended Aug. 6 to 395,000, the fewest since early April..." (My emphasis added.)
That 7,000 number is statistically insignificant. It's not enough to matter. 140 fewer claims per state is pitiful. The more significant number is the 395,000 new applications. Repeat: New applications. That averages to 7,900 per state. In other words, more than a third of a million new unemployment benefits claims were made in the week ending August 6.
Bloomberg's report also noted that the Labor Department’s jobless claims report also said that "the number of people continuing to collect benefits dropped by 60,000 in the week ended July 30 to 3.69 million."
That drop, however, includes a lot of people whose claims have simply expired, and people who have taken jobs that are not as good as those they previously held but now disqualify them for continuing benefits.
"Claims for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly dropped last week to a four-month low," a Bloomberg report noted today, "signaling the job market is being hampered by a lack of hiring rather than more firings. The number of applications for unemployment insurance payments fell 7,000 in the week ended Aug. 6 to 395,000, the fewest since early April..." (My emphasis added.)
That 7,000 number is statistically insignificant. It's not enough to matter. 140 fewer claims per state is pitiful. The more significant number is the 395,000 new applications. Repeat: New applications. That averages to 7,900 per state. In other words, more than a third of a million new unemployment benefits claims were made in the week ending August 6.
Bloomberg's report also noted that the Labor Department’s jobless claims report also said that "the number of people continuing to collect benefits dropped by 60,000 in the week ended July 30 to 3.69 million."
That drop, however, includes a lot of people whose claims have simply expired, and people who have taken jobs that are not as good as those they previously held but now disqualify them for continuing benefits.
Unemployment Rate Up
Jobless rate highest in 4 years, payrolls drop," says this and many similar headlines.
Does that stop Democrats nationwide from raising taxes on people? Nope. Will they ever learn? Nope. While people are hurting, the Daleys and Strogers just keep on punishing us.
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