Soaring prices push US households to the edge
Surging prices for necessities like used cars, phones, and housing have caused the biggest jump in “core” consumer prices in nearly four decades, according to new figures released Wednesday by the US Department of Labor (DOL).
Rising prices for food, heating oil, gas, and other necessities are eating into workers’ incomes both in the United States and internationally.
In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a worker restocks chicken in the meat product section at a grocery store in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Workers are finding it increasingly impossible to make ends meet, even if they are employed full-time. The minimum wage in the United States remains at $7.25 per hour, and US President Joe Biden has reneged on his campaign promise to raise it.
Employers beg for workers: It s the economy, stupid. And, psst: It s Biden. The administration is in denial about policies that result in disincentives.
By John Kass Chicago Tribune May 13, 2021 11:33am Text size Copy shortlink:
Have you ever wondered what happens to flat-earthers?
Not all spend their days eating pudding with plastic spoons and rewatching old sitcoms or as fabulists hanging at the end of the bar, boasting of their heroic exploits until closing time.
Some become president of the United States.
Or they find power in President Joe Biden s administration and join him in gaslighting the nation about that dismal April jobs report as businesses struggle to emerge from those gov
Starting June 1, unemployed Floridians will once again have to contact five employers a week to remain eligible for unemployment benefits.
Gov. Ron DeSantis had waived that requirement last year when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and much of the economy shut down to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
But earlier this month, DeSantis signed an executive order that suspended all local COVID-19 public health restrictions and declared the emergency over.
In a bid to boost small businesses’ recovery from the pandemic, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the state s jobs agency, on Wednesday announced the waiver for the job search requirement expires May 29 and will not be extended.
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