Economy Archive
A news piece on NPR this morning really caught my attention. The news piece said Rolls Royce just had its best year in its 107 year history. U.S. sales were up 17%, European sales were up 30%, and Asian sales …
Congress approved measures to avoid the Fiscal Cliff by raising taxes for individuals who make over $400,000, and households that make over $450,000. As reported by CNN: It raises rates on those who make more than that from 35% to 39.6%, bringing back a …
It might be hard i imagine, but it has been over a year since Occupy Wall Street became an international phenomena and disappeared into the night almost as quickly. The Partnership for Civil Justice has requested and provided documentation of how the crackdown on OWS went …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer In a somewhat controversial move, the Republican held Michigan House followed on the heals of the Senate and passed two “Right to Work” bills amid protests in the capital this afternoon. These legislations will allow workers at employers with …
A few weeks ago I admitted skepticism about a compromise on the fiscal cliff. I cited the debt ceiling debacle as proof. It seems like American’s are getting more of the same. Democrats and Republicans are again at a stalemate over the fiscal …
Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer You don’t say. George Osborne, the Chancellor of Exchequer in the United Kingdom admitted in a recent statement that austerity just doesn’t work. The statement was discussing how the government has failed to reduce …
NY Times blogger Nate Silver is brilliant, his blog FiveThirtyEight should be required reading for voters. I learn more from this column than I did in my 4 years of pursuing a Political Science minor in college. The fiscal cliff continue to …
By Matthew Cohen SJS Staff Writer There continues to be optimism that Democrats and Republicans can do their jobs before the New Year. I say “do their jobs”, because making sure that the country is stable is their job. It …
A new worry in the current economic crisis; epidemic outbreaks. Due to severe cut backs in state and federal agencies, we might be at risk for a rise in disease and epidemic outbreaks. Budget cuts have made many agencies drop workers, services that …
A recent New York Times, Business Day Report by Annie Lowrey stated, “An August study by the Washington-based Tax Policy Center , a respected nonprofit that issues studiously detailed tax analyses…concluded that Mr. Romney’s plan, on its face, would cut taxes for rich …
