On AlterNet: joblessness

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By Not Creating Jobs, Obama Is Not Doing His Own Job. So Do We Have A President or Not?

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. August 24, 2011.

Instead of making jobs Priority No.1, Obama put Wall Street banksters first, dumping trillions of dollars from public funds into saving those who crashed our economy.

Washington's Elite Residents Have It Too Cushy to Notice the Collapse of the Middle Class

Christopher Hayes, The Nation. March 11, 2011.

For the condo-buying, sushi-eating Beltway class, the recession is over. For the rest of America—not so much.

Hightower: How Wall Street Elites Are Dynamiting Our Democracy

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. January 6, 2011.

Our society can tolerate such raw selfishness by the privileged few, or it can have democracy. It can't have both.

Conservatives May Deprive Millions of Jobless Benefits Just in Time for the Holidays

Carl Bloice, The Black Commentator. November 21, 2010.

Thanks to Republicans and conservadems in Congress, holiday fare will be skimpier for the nearly 15 million people out of work.

The Economy Is Getting Worse and Worse -- And No One's Doing a Thing About It

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. August 22, 2010.

The economy is already down, and it can go lower. And no one seems willing to fix it.

Hundreds of Thousands of Workers Will Lose Unemployment Benefits Soon

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. July 10, 2009.

Workers laid off early in the downturn are soon to be left without the basic sustenance of an unemployment check.

Unemployed and on the Verge of Losing Everything: "I Don't Know How I'll Make It"

Rachel Neumann, AlterNet. July 6, 2009.

Luz Guerra has already lost her job. Now she might lose her car, her home and her health insurance.

1/3 Of America Is Crazy: They Think Their Jobs Are Safe

Jill Andresky Fraser, TomDispatch.com. March 5, 2009.

Thinking about this optimistic third of Americans, it's hard not to reach one basic conclusion: They're nuts.

Jobless in America: Stories from the Frontlines of the Economic Crisis

Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. February 10, 2009.

Some among America's millions of newly unemployed vent their frustrations -- and wonder what government can do to help.