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The myth of the 'lazy' unemployed
Ah, another person writes in with the true skinny on why people in "the real world" will never get off unemployment ("Payroll taxes and unemployment benefits: two bad decisions," Dec. 28). Funny, all the people I know who are unemployed are trying...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment
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If you think paying unemployment insurance here is bad, try Paraguay
Imagine my surprise this morning when I saw letters from apparently well-fed individuals complaining about paying unemployment insurance. For all those beleaguered employers who don't want to pay unemployment benefits I've got a solution: Hire illegal...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment Benefits, Employment, Labor Legislation
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Payroll taxes and unemployment benefits: two bad decisions
Either your editorial board drinks Obama Kool-Aid or you have zero understanding of basic economics. Your editorial about the so-called tax break for the middle class shows this clearly ("The GOP tax hike," Dec. 22). I am pleased that those who write...Tags: Republican Party, Employment Opportunities, Theft, Unemployment Benefits, Employment
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O'Malley writes to Sparrows Point lender
Gov. Martin O'Malley has asked a key lender to R.G. Steel to reconsider its decision to freeze some company funds, saying the move has contributed to the firm's decision to lay off workers at its Sparrows Point mill. In a letter dated Wednesday, O'Malley...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, Unemployment Benefits, Baltimore County, Finance
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More than 700 Sparrows Point steel workers laid off until early March
The owner of the Sparrows Point steel mill has told state unemployment insurance officials that about 720 workers at the Baltimore County plant are being furloughed and are expected back on the job March 4. Managers started telling workers last...Tags: Labor Legislation, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Legislation, Baltimore County
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Port investor offers plan to confront joblessness
A Maryland financier who helped privatize the Seagirt Marine Terminal in 2009 is trying to sell Congress on an ambitious, $250 billion plan he says would modernize the nation's crumbling infrastructure while creating millions of jobs.
Christopher H. Lee,...Tags: Labor Legislation, Martin O'Malley, Republican Party, Labor Legislation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Sparrows Point steel mill shuts down suddenly
Sparrows Point has shut down steelmaking operations as the Baltimore County plant struggles to pay its bills and win back customers, workers said Friday.
Elizabeth "Bette" Kovach, a spokeswoman for Sparrows Point owner RG Steel, did not return several...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, John A. Olszewski, Sr., Employees, Employees, Companies and Corporations
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Great Khali as world champion? No thanks, WWE
I cannot buy the Great Khali as a world champion, despite his status as a former champion. In fact, I cringe a little every time the Great Khali wrestles. The thought of him in an Elimination Chamber match (for the second time), enclosed in a structure...Tags: Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Royal Rumble, Unemployment, India
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10 things I learned from watching every Royal Rumble
In 2010, my tag team partner Jimmy Korderas and I made the (questionable) decision to watch every single WrestleMania event leading up to WrestleMania 27. We made a podcast for every edition of the “Grand Daddy of them all” and posted them...Tags: WrestleMania, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Randy Savage, Steve Austin, Chris Jericho
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Payroll tax deadline approaches — again
The latest news in Washington on the payroll tax cut is that there's not much news. To the surprise of no one, negotiators in Congress are exactly where they were last December when the tax break was extended two months — gridlocked.
So once again,...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, ABC (tv network), Tea Party Movement
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Some unemployed people may be lazy, but most aren't
I find it disconcerting and quite troubling as I read opinions being sent in to this paper stating that people collecting unemployment are just lazy and aren't looking for work because they're getting money for nothing and have no incentive ("Benefits...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Labor Markets, Unemployment
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Fudging the numbers on unemployment
The Obama administration is touting the latest unemployment numbers released last week by the U.S. Department of Labor as proof its policies are working. But a closer look at the actual number of able-bodied people who are willing to work, but are not,...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Employment, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Parties and Movements
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