Proof that Indiana is not out of the political mainstream — we have imaginary congressional districts, too!
The imaginary 00, 10th, 11th, 14th, and 18th Congressional Districts of Indiana have, according to recovery.gov, made a tax dollar windfall of about $5.3 million, and ‘created or saved’ 9 jobs - all [...]
Via Congressman Burton’s latest presser:
Burton to Obama: Somebody Messed With Joe
Indiana’s Imaginary 00, 10th, 11th, 14th, and 18th Congressional Districts Make $5.3 Million Tax Dollar Windfall, Create Or Save Just 9 Imaginary Jobs
President Obama to Congress on 2/24/09, “That is why I have asked Vice President Biden to lead [...]
On “the New New Deal?”, Obama claimed that by repairing bridges, expanding transit, and paving roads, we would create millions of jobs.
There is an important grain of truth in the new president’s rhetoric....Inadequate infrastructure contributes significantly to the burden [...]
So, the government’s stimulus plan has created or saved how many jobs?
“Stimulus” is in the process of turning a nasty recession into a genuine depression. The evidence is in the “Employment Situation” report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on November 6th. The “headline” unemployment rate shot [...]
Last night was a nightmare come true, as house democrats turned their backs on their base and voted to approve Pelosi’s bullshit healthcare plan. They were goaded on by Obama, who told them, “You don’t want those extremist teabag people to win, do you?”
One Republican, Joe Cao, who replaced “Dollar [...]
In the search for jobs, "Caption This" adds a new challenge; two captions. If you think you can make a joke out of two-person dialogue send it in.
Just post your caption on the comments link above the cartoon. Keep it clean (this is a family newspaper). [...]
While the nation’s unemployment rises, Indiana is on the right track today and announced that they are adding more jobs right here in Indianapolis.
Today the nation’s unemployment went higher today and it is at the highest it has ever been since 1983! This is not good news and [...]
Hope may float but hopelessness still sells. Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed, about poor Americans stuck in crummy jobs, made more than nickels and dimes for her publisher and herself. But one recent college' [...]
A summary of the stimulus money state government received so far showed it paid for the equivalent of 16,310 [...]
An economic recovery without jobs is like sex with an orgasm. It just isn't worth crowing about. And it makes you wonder if paying for TARP or dinner was such a good idea.' [...] 
KOKOMO LANDS TECH FIRM: The fog outside was thick and cold, but nothing could dampen the show of enthusiasm Tuesday, as the city of Kokomo announced the arrival of Zuna Infotech, an information technology start-up business (Smith, Kokomo Tribune). “Don’t let the fog fool you, this [...]
Nope. Federal Mogul Corporation down in Logansport, Indiana ain't no cute kind of pig.When is the last time you heard of jobs being shipped into the United States?
According to a Bloomberg report, Ford will shift the manufacturing of its Kuga compact SUV from Saarlouis, Germany to the Louisville Assemblly Plant in October, 2011.
As WHAS11 News first reported in July, Ford plans [...]
Kentucky's unemployment rate dropped from 11.2% to 10.9% last month, but a state analyst says that decline is deceiving.
The chief labor market analyst of the Office of Employment and Training says a .3% drop in Kentucky's unemployment rate does not reflect more jobs, but people who have been unemployed for [...]
Yesterday's September labor market report was lousy by any measure, with 263,000 lost jobs and the jobless rate' [...]
Every day this month, 7,000 workers without jobs will lose their unemployment compensation. Why?, because of two heartless right wingers. Senators Orin Hatch, Republican from Utah, and Senator John Kyl, Republican from Arizona.
These two have twice blocked attempts in the U.S. Senate to extend unemployment benefits. Got money to make [...]
