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If you are unemployed, should you move?

Posted on May 9, 2011 | 1 Comment

The Economic Collapse

Are You Prepared For The Coming Economic Collapse And The Next Great Depression?

If You Are Unemployed, Should You Move Somewhere Else In Order To Find A Job?

It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Unfortunately, millions of Americans find themselves slowly going insane as they apply for hundreds upon hundreds of jobs and yet never get hired. It is incredibly difficult to get a good job in most areas of the United States today. So if you are unemployed, and there are no jobs in your area, should you move somewhere else in an attempt to find work? That is a very hard question. Of course if what you are currently doing right now is not working it is only natural to want to change course, but sadly unemployment is absolutely rampant all over the United States. Today, the “official” unemployment rate is hovering around 9 percent, but the true employment picture is much bleaker than that.

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About 1 in 7 receive food stamps

Posted on May 4, 2011 | Leave a comment

WSJ

Real Time Economics

Economic insight and analysis from The Wall Street Journal.

May 3, 2011, 2:10 PM ET

About 1 in 7 in U.S. Receive Food Stamps

By Sara Murray

Growth in the food stamp program appeared to reach a plateau in February — with 14.3% of the population relying on the safety net program.

: Click the image for a map of food stamp use by state.

The number of food stamp recipients was essentially flat in February, the most recent month available, with 44.2 million Americans receiving benefits, according a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (See a sortable breakdown of the data here.)

The food stamp program ballooned during the recession as workers lost their jobs or saw their hours and income reduced. The rise in recipients has begun to flatten in recent months, which may mean that as the economy is improving fewer Americans are seeking to join the program. Enrollment in the program is still high though, with 11.6

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Biggest jump in food costs in more than 36 years

Posted on March 16, 2011 | Leave a comment

Wholesale prices rise 1.6 pct. due to biggest jump in food costs in more than 36 years

On Wednesday March 16, 2011, 8:57 am

In this March 1, 2011 photo, a customer looks at fresh vegetables at a Kroger Co. supermarket in Cincinnati. Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to higher energy costs and the steepest rise in food prices in 36 years. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

On Wednesday March 16, 2011, 8:57 am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to higher energy costs and the steepest rise in food prices in 36 years. Excluding those volatile categories, inflation was tame.

The Labor Department said Wednesday that the Producer Price Index rose a seasonally adjusted 1.6 percent in February — double the 0.8 percent rise in the previous month. Outside of food and energy costs, the core index ticked up 0.2 percent, less than January’s 0.5 percent rise.

Food prices soared 3.9 percent last month, the biggest gain since November 1974. Most of that increase was due to a sharp rise in vegetable costs, which increased nearly 50 percent. That was the most in almost a year. Meat and dairy products also rose.

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19k Teacher layoffs in California

Posted on March 16, 2011 | Leave a comment

This state has already taken quite a hit but we must have a balanced budget. It is difficult for many who are trying to make ends meet, many are losing their homes here in California. This is where YAS comes in. We are trying to help those who are the working poor and those who are struggling at least with the basic need of food. I can’t even imagine what is happening in Japan right now, the loss of life, very little shelter and in very cold temperatures. We need to be thankful for every little bit of help we each receive.

updated 3/15/2011 7:50:16 PM ET 2011-03-15T23:50:16

SAN BRUNO, Calif. — School districts in California have issued nearly 19,000 layoff notices so far to teachers amid uncertainty over the state budget, the California Teachers Association estimated Tuesday.

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Food Prices at a Record High

Posted on March 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

Wall Street Journal By CAROLINE HENSHAW

LONDON—World food prices rose 2.2% in February from the previous month to a record peak, the United Nations’ food body said Thursday, as it warned that volatility in oil markets could push prices even higher.

The Food and Agriculture Organization price index rose by 2.2%—the eighth consecutive rise since June—to an average of 236 points last month, the highest record in real and nominal terms since the agency started monitoring prices in 1990.

Global cereal supplies are also expected to tighten sharply this year due low stock levels, the FAO said. The body raised its estimate for world cereal production in 2010 by eight million metric tons from its December estimate to 2.2 billion tons but said it expects that to be outpaced by an 18 million-ton increase in world consumption.

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Federel Homeless program runs out of money

Posted on February 4, 2011 | Leave a comment

Laura Bassett HuffPost Reporting 2/03/11

WASHINGTON — Homelessness has significantly risen in the U.S. as a result of surging foreclosures and joblessness caused by the recession, but a new federal program designed to nudge people back from the brink of life without shelter is on the brink itself.

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99er unemployment help? Maybe

Posted on February 1, 2011 | Leave a comment

January 31st, 2011, 1:00 am · 108 Comments · posted by Mary Ann Milbourn

California has 314,188 people who have been unemployed more than 99 weeks and have been cut off from jobless benefits, according to the state Employment Development Department, but there’s a glimmer — and we’re talking a flicker — of hope for them.

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, reportedly is re-introducing a bill that would give all unemployed, including the 99ers, an additional 14 weeks of additional benefits for a total of 113 weeks of unemployment, according to The American 99ers Union, a website advocating for the long-term unemployed.

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Census: Number of Poor People May Be Greater

Posted on January 10, 2011 | Leave a comment

Census: Number of poor may be millions higher
1 in 6 Americans — many of them 65 and older — are struggling in poverty

By HOPE YEN

The Associated Press

updated 1/5/2011 4:46:10 PM ET

WASHINGTON — The number of poor people in the U.S. is millions higher than previously known, with 1 in 6 Americans — many of them 65 and older — struggling in poverty due to rising medical care and other costs, according to preliminary census figures released Wednesday.

Number of Poor….