Study finds economic mobility hasn't changed in 40 years

[ckaihatsu]

Study finds economic mobility hasn't changed in 40 years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu--1X0_kM8


'Unemployed Long-term' - a Mom's Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGU53mmDRVM


US Food Bank Warns Against SNAP Cuts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob2vF9pKqFQ


Homeless man welcomes Obama's pledge to close income gap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYC3ll0LXU


Obama to raise minimum wage for new federal contractors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWUDzS_S2ZI


Europe's homeless problem getting worse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ-zmAe4Bjs


Obama Asks CEOs to Hire Long-term Jobless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VhHAJqqzPE


Belgium sends 'burden' EU citizens letters asking them to leave the country

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8wgzc9L8tA


SuperHobo - Comic strip raises cash for homeless in Berlin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxB90bVHbok

[Die Neue Zeit]

Surprise, surprise? :glare:

[ckaihatsu]

'Parasite Street' - Richest - not poorest - cheating UK system

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f23Qtb4jGEE


Poverty Crime - UK shoplifting soaring as tough economic times bite deeper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTFI8poewfE

[ckaihatsu]

Why adjunct professors are struggling to make ends meet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz4pK8UP4PM

[ckaihatsu]

What cuts in the new farm bill mean for those depending on food stamps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw-dLcwW66M


Unemployment rates are higher for young people, minorities

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9M-thkJtU4


Preview - 100,000 Homes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXVVmVt8P-I


Big City Life - Homeless in NY (RT Documentary)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIKVULiB5qk

[Conscript]

what's with all the jewtube sources?

[Ethics Gradient, Traitor For All Ages]

what's with all the jewtube sources?

What is jewtube?

[Per Levy]

What is jewtube?

interestingly enough its a a site that links to jewish inspired videos on youtube

http://jewtube.com/

and also, in the context of this thread, a anti-semitc slur.

[The Intransigent Faction]

Surprise, surprise? :glare:

Actually, it kind of is...

With the increasing gap between the rich and poor and the attacks on social programs & movements, I would have thought that, though mobility was bad before, it would have gotten worse, not stagnated.

[ckaihatsu]

NYC Mayor De Blasio Addresses Income Equality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjFLXg23hcY


Poverty Punished - Low income New Yorkers feel pinch of govt sequester

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB3P0_ukQl4

[ckaihatsu]

Job growth in January weak for second month in a row

Jobless hit by end to Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC)

By Masao Suzuki

San José, CA - For the second month in a row, the Department of Labor employment report was weak, with only 113,000 new jobs created in January. Combined with the revised 75,000 jobs created in December, the two month average was only 94,000 new jobs each month, less than half the average increase in 2013 of more than 190,000. While the recession officially ended in the summer of 2009, there are still 850,000 fewer jobs than when the recession began in December of 2007.

Despite the weak jobs numbers, the official unemployment rate continued to fall to 6.6% in January as compared to 6.7% in December. The largest fall in the numbers of unemployed came among the long-term unemployed, those out of work for six months or more. In January, there were 230,000 fewer long-term unemployed, more than the total drop in the unemployed of 125,000. Much of this drop was probably due to the end of the federal extended unemployment insurance benefits at the end of December. As many of the long-term unemployed gave up their job search, they are no longer counted as officially unemployed, bringing down the official unemployment rate.

However there are still more than 3.5 million long-term unemployed, who make up more than 35% of the total officially unemployed. In addition there are more than an million people who are out of work and have been looking for work, but didn’t look in January either because they were discouraged or other personal reasons and another 2 million who said that they wanted to work but were not looking.

Although millions of people are struggling to survive without a job, the federal government has eliminated Federal Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC) and Extended Benefits (EB), two programs that used to help out the long-term unemployed. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) benefits were cut last year when the 2009 boost which was part of the government stimulus (ARRA or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) expired. On top of that, President Obama just signed into law a new farm bill that cuts food stamps by almost a billion dollars a year for the next ten years.

While the overall official unemployment rate fell slightly, the unemployment rates for African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans all rose in January, making the unemployment gap between oppressed nationalities and whites even larger. The official unemployment rate was 12.1% for African Americans, more than twice as high as for whites, who had an official unemployment rate of 5.7% in January.

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[ÑóẊîöʼn]

what's with all the jewtube sources?

What the fuck are you doing on this forum, anti-semite?

[ckaihatsu]

Pol calls homeless shelter a 'threat' to NYC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gOVq9oXKeg

[ckaihatsu]

'When need is stronger than shame' - Charities are last hope for more Germans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPGWNwlXkaA

[ckaihatsu]

More American families struggle with higher food prices

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzR0ddwvP40

[ckaihatsu]

US jailing people for being poor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHs5KIY3Mdw

[ckaihatsu]

Colo. women take aim at hunger with their cameras

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubAbJ_UkuJ4


Brazil looks to tackle income inequality - BBC News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnRCxCL0uK4


US soldiers used $100 million in food stamps in 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tCI0ZawNes

[ckaihatsu]

As benefits expire, long-term unemployed make do with less

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnkARGYUytI

[ckaihatsu]

Tiny Houses to Help Homeless Problem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4vKpASMS8g

[ckaihatsu]

House Republicans delay efforts to restore Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC)

Battle likely to continue into summer

By staff

Washington, DC – House speaker John Boehner (R-OH) still refuses to allow a vote on legislation to restore unemployment compensation to the long-term jobless. In a May 21 statement on job training, Boehner failed to address the predicament of the nearly 3 million workers who have been hit by the failure of Congress to restore Extended Unemployment Benefits.

After a protracted fight, legislation to extend unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless passed the Senate, April 7, with a handful of Republican votes. The Senate bill would extend the benefits until June 1 and provide for retroactive unemployment compensation payments. The House is unlikely to hold a vote on the proposed measure before June 1, which means the legislation will be back to square one.

Given the outrage that exists around this issue - many unemployed workers are losing their homes, cars and the ability to help their families - most expect that legislative efforts to bring back long term jobless benefits will continue after June 1.

Republicans gained effective veto power over extended unemployment benefits when the Congressional Democratic leadership did not insist on the inclusion of Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC) in the December 2013 budget compromise.

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[cyu]

The more desperate the unemployed, the easier it is for capitalists to impose wage slavery.

On the other hand, the more desperate the unemployed, the more support there is for bringing back the guillotine...