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Salaries in Over Half of the U.S. Won’t Pay The Bills
As most of us already know, the median annual salary (around $52,000) will stretch much further in some places than in others. Now, if you live in an expensive location, like New York City, you’d need...
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Does Unemployment Insurance Cause Unemployment?
JPMorgan (JPM) recently released a report concluding that the unemployment extensions are … causing more unemployment! Despite the logic, it’s not exactly true. There are many macro forces which have...
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8 Worst States for the Unemployed
No one wants to be unemployed, but recent reports show that certain places in the U.S. are even less conducive to it than others. While we’ve already considered what states have the highest...
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8 Best States for the Unemployed
There are a few states that are not very nice to their unemployed. Reasons including high unemployment rates, wealth disparities, and low unemployment benefits are among the factors cited for...
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Top 10 States Hurt by the Government Shutdown
With America two weeks into the government shutdown temper tantrum, politicians have mostly acted like spoiled children — retreating to their rooms of incompetence and only coming out to collect their...
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D.C. Council Vote Pushes Marijuana Decriminalization Forward
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cwhitfield/ The District of Columbia City Council’s took the first step toward decriminalizing marijuana Tuesday. In an eleven to one vote, the proposal passed the...
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Same-Sex Marriage: The Question Gripping the Nation
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vpickering/ Before 2011, only five states allowed gay marriage: Massachusetts, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut — although same-sex marriages were...
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10 States With the Highest Energy Prices
Source: Thinkstock Energy, as we all know, is the world’s most valuable resource. It’s traded, speculated upon, and bet on by Wall Street brokers, private enterprises, and legislators almost every day....
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