Word: joblessness
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...term unemployed. Raising welfare benefits smacks of socialism, Westerwelle wrote in the daily Welt newspaper on Feb. 11. "Whoever promises the people effortless prosperity encourages late Roman decadence." The FDP leader went on to argue that those who work should always get more than the unemployed and that young jobless Germans should take up community work like shoveling snow. (Read: "Guido Westerwelle: Angela Merkel's Unlikely Partner...
...estimated to be just over 24%. Real unemployment figures, however, are suspected to be significantly higher, given that large numbers of the unemployed do not register with the Labor Ministry. Says an Iranian journalist, who asked for anonymity: "They have manipulated the definition of who is jobless so they can keep the figure close to 10%. But now every family has one jobless person in their home." (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
Despite the apparent improvement of the fiscal climate, the number of Americans facing unemployment continues to rise—and several Harvard economists shared their insights on its ramifications for the jobless...
...result of the increase in the unemployment rate, the amount of public assistance necessary to help the jobless has risen—which has played a role in the United States’ ballooning budget deficit, according to Miron...
Easton makes a fair, unbiased and thoughtful case for not extending jobless benefits ad infinitum. Unfortunately, stopping those benefits would have catastrophic results. It would cause millions of new foreclosures, leave millions of people unable to afford medication and create a vast new army of homeless Americans. Perhaps extending benefits is not ideal, but it certainly is the lesser of two evils...