Not Hiring?
It is not new news that small businesses are not hiring like they used to. In fact, it is pretty obvious that these small companies are making do with the smallest amount of staff possible. Most people want to blame it all on the recession. Well, honestly the recession has influenced hiring a great deal, but there is something else that is affecting how many employees small businesses are actually hiring. It’s the rising costs of health care that is making it difficult for small businesses to really start hiring up new...
read moreS&P Redefines “Risk Free”
The structure of the US two party system has finally taken it too far- bipartisan polarities are cited as one of the main reasons by Standard & Poor’s credit rating agency as one of the main reasons why long-term American Treasury debt is no longer considered “risk-free”, and as a main reason for the recent US credit rating downgrade. S & P’s low confidence in the ability for the opposing parties to work together greatly inhibits the ability for Congress to function or come anywhere close to a reasonably...
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