Showing posts with label Unemployment rate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unemployment rate. Show all posts

Friday, May 3, 2019

Pelosi sour over booming economy, calls for more government programs




No economic news during the Trump presidency will make Nancy Pelosi happy.
The House Speaker reacted negatively to the April jobs report that found a 3.6 percent unemployment rate and record results for women and African-Americans.
“The April jobs report numbers show some promising news, yet these gains hide the true weight of the economic uncertainty felt by millions of hard-working Americans,” Pelosi said in a statement.
“Unfortunately, the evidence shows that most of the economic gains continue to benefit those already well-off. We must do more to ensure that the economy is benefiting every family in every community, and that all Americans have the opportunity to move ahead in our economy.”
She huffed, “Republicans’ shameful special interest agenda continues to undermine the health and financial security of middle class families across the country,” before attacking Republican efforts for tax relief and lifting Obamacare burdens.
She went on to call for higher government spending and more social programs to “pave the way for progress for all families, in all communities for generations to come.”
The data shows the Hispanic unemployment rate is the lowest ever recorded.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Food stamp use hit record 40.8m in May

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/08/05/food_stamp_use_hit_record_408m_in_may/

For all those rich elite that Warren and Bill Gates have convinced to give their excess money to charity, here is a worth cause to donate to since you actually helped make them.

The number of Americans who are receiving food stamps rose to a record 40.8 million in May as the jobless rate hovered near a 27-year high, the government reported yesterday.

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Yahoo! Buzz ShareThis .Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program subsidies for food purchases jumped 19 percent from a year earlier and increased 0.9 percent from April, the US Department of Agriculture said in a statement on its website.

Participation has set records for 18 straight months.