As Private Sector Struggles, Local Government Workforce Expands

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The number of local government workers at the municipal level in North Carolina grew at nearly twice the rate of private sector workers, and also outpaced the state’s population growth, over a recent ten-year period. Furthermore, the average salary for municipal workers in North Carolina is 4.5 percent higher than the average salary for private sector workers.1 Data from the North Carolina Employment Security Commission reveals that municipal government employees increased by 20.1 percent from 1997 to 2007,2 compared to North Carolina’s private workforce growth of 11.5 percent.

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 11:51:16 PM

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Assistance Vanity:Sis-in-Law needs Job Around Anaheim, CA

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Dear Fellow Freepers. This vanity is my way of exhausting all means possible to help my Sister-in-Law find any employment within 100 miles of Anaheim, CA. She was one of the good guys in the educational system, who got laid off and she is willing to do almost anything. She has a Masters degree in Special Education, but what makes her stand out is her superp communication skills/experience. Besides education, she worked in sales which involved a lot of travel. She is a great conservative, well-dressed professional, great with people, a go-getter, unbelievably reliable, extremely trustworthy, and I cannot imagine...

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 11:51:16 PM

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Mass Layoffs Up in June

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More firms engaged in mass layoffs in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The results are disappointing. The number of workers laid off through mass actions of fifty or more increased by 7.2% compared to May. But more alarming is the number of firms that participated in these activities, which increased by 16.6%. That's the biggest jump since August of 2009. First, here's the chart for the number of workers let go through mass layoffs:

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 11:51:16 PM

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Obama Says Malia and Sasha May Be Looking for Babysitting Jobs

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President Obama says daughters Malia and Sasha may be looking for babysitting jobs to supplement their allowances. He made the remark during an interview with ABC News about the consumer benefits in the financial overhaul bill he signed on Thursday. In the interview, broadcast on Friday, the president was asked what he and wife Michelle are teaching their daughters, who are 12 and 9, about money. "You know, it's a great question. What I'm doing now . . . is they're getting an allowance. They're starting to get old enough where they may be able earn some money babysitting. They've...

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US Jobs Data: One Reason Why It Might Not Be Getting Better

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US Jobs Data: One Reason Why It Might Not Be Getting Better By Bill Bonner 07/20/10 Vancouver, British Columbia – And here’s an interesting item that is going around the Internet: If July has ides, this is it. Ever Had A Job? A chart that showed past presidents and the percentage of each president’s cabinet appointees who had previously worked in the private sector – you know, a real life business, not a government job? Remember what that is? A private business? •Roosevelt – 38% •Taft – 40% •Wilson – 52% •Harding – 49% •Coolidge – 48% •Hoover – 42%...

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The Forgotten Man, Forgotten Once Again (Dem Sympathy for Unemployed Neglects Those Who Hire Them)

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Democrats’ sympathy for the unemployed doesn’t extend to the people who might hire them, or give their employers loans. The 19th-century academic William Graham Sumner had a famous formulation for the hidden costs of feel-good economic legislation. Persons A and B, he wrote, usually get together to decide what C will be compelled to do to alleviate problem X. “What I want to do,” Sumner wrote, “is to look up C. I call him the Forgotten Man. Perhaps the appellation is not strictly correct. He is the man who is never thought of. He works, he votes, generally he prays...

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 11:51:16 PM

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Stimulus money reduces welfare backlog in Maryland (another lib tear jerker)

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Tira Jones can recognize desperation in a caller's tone. When she was an unemployed single mother in need of a financial boost, her voice used to sound the same way. Now, in her full-time job processing online applications for food stamps for the state of Maryland, she is willing to share her story with other families looking for assistance — and put them at ease. "I've learned to have patience in dealing with things because I have a lot of empathy for people," Jones said. "A lot of customers are scared to apply because they've never done it before, or...

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