NeONBRAND / Unsplash Study: On Welfare, Some Families Can Get Equivalent of Up to $147,198 Per Year 'Every state’s maximum benefit package exceeds the median household income in the United States by at least 20 percent.' By Jack Davis, The Western Journal June 19, 2021
@aburival / Unsplash Even After John Kerry Promised Plentiful Green Jobs, South Dakota Wind Turbine Plant Will Shut Down 'The closure comes as a result of changes in market conditions, foreign competition and proposed revisions to tax policies.' By Cameron Arcand, The Western Journal June 19, 2021
7 Eyewitness News WKBW / Facebook screen shot After Man Asks for Help on Side of Road, Sign Thanks Community for Support: 'I Start Working Monday' The sign means little to those who weren't familiar with his presence on that corner, but those who knew him know it's from him. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 18, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Weekly Unemployment Numbers Surge Much Higher Than Economists Were Expecting 'The Biden economy is getting worse. Jobless claims jump despite almost all businesses having help wanted signs.' By Jack Davis, The Western Journal June 17, 2021
@tierramallorca / Unsplash New Biden Tax Proposal Would Threaten 568K Jobs, Stifle Real Estate Market Nearly five months after the Keystone XL debacle,Biden has a new proposal that could be even more destructive for everyday Americans. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal June 12, 2021
Mike Mozart / Flickr Chipotle Hikes Prices in Response to Rising Employee Wages The price hike came as the total number of job openings reached 9.3 million in May, according to Labor Department numbers. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal June 12, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Sen. Graham Admits Unemployment Benefits Are So High Members of His Own Family Aren't Working 'There's a lot of jobs out there that are unfilled and will never be filled until you change the benefit structure.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal June 9, 2021
@jeriden94 / Unsplash 'There Is Dignity in Work': Why Aren't Record Job Openings Leading to Record Hiring? April had a record jobs report, with a record of 9.3 million jobs created. The May unemployment number is also 9.3 million. By Eric Nanneman, The Western Journal June 9, 2021
@scottrodgerson / Unsplash Bob Ehrlich: From Crime to Unemployment, Biden Is Subsidizing Some Very Bad Behavior 'Only five months into the Biden administration and one particular rule is out the window. Specifically, the cardinal rule.' By Bob Ehrlich, The Western Journal June 6, 2021
Ricardo Gomez Angel / Unsplash Here Are the 5 States Hit Hardest by the Worker Shortage A labor shortage could choke the country's economic recovery, according to a report from the Chamber of Commerce. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal June 6, 2021
Shannon Ramos / Flickr Keystone XL Isn't Dead - Multiple States Move to Force Pipeline Down Biden, Democrats' Throats 'The fallout from the Colonial pipeline cyberattack made it very clear that we need more energy infrastructure, not less.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal June 4, 2021
Thomas Hawk / Flickr Biden Deals Blow to US Miners, Looks to Import Materials for Electric Vehicles: Report President Biden reportedly will break a key campaign promise by outsourcing mining jobs required for manufacturing electric vehicles. By Andrew Thornebrooke, The Western Journal May 27, 2021
@DailyCaller / Twitter screen shot Biden: Sanctioning Russian Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Would Be 'Counterproductive' 'I have been opposed to Nord Stream 2 from the beginning but it only has - it's almost completed,' Biden told reporters. By Andrew Thornebrooke, The Western Journal May 26, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Florida Becomes 23rd GOP State to End Extra $300 Unemployment Benefits Many have become dependent on government cash and need that extra push out the door - and that's exactly what Florida is giving them. By Christine Favocci, The Western Journal May 25, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Biden's America: Poll Shows American Economic Confidence Crashed Back to Negative in May Inflation is up, gas prices are up, unemployment is up and jobs numbers are down. Is this building back better? By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal May 25, 2021
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development / Flickr Biden 'Ally' Economist Forced to Admit Admin Has Been Dead Wrong on the Disastrous Jobs Report Economist Jason Furman said 'we shouldn’t expect a short-term economic bump from reopening schools and making child care more available.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal May 23, 2021
Clay Banks / Unsplash 'COVID's No Longer an Emergency in Our State': Oklahoma Gov Drops COVID Unemployment Benefits Oklahoma's governor believes in work, and now that the pandemic has receded, he wants its residents to get back on the job. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal May 18, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Pence: Biden's Tax Policies Would Put China First, End the Jobs Boom That Trump Tax Cuts Unleashed 'China stands to gain thousands of jobs as employers flee the crushing tax and regulatory burden of Joe Biden’s America.' By Randy DeSoto, The Western Journal May 17, 2021
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz / Flickr CNN Fact Check Shows Biden Used Nonexistent People to Support Jobs Plan Biden’s claim that five former Fed chairs support his jobs plan was so false, that even CNN stated the obvious: only three of them are alive. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal May 11, 2021
@CNBC / Twitter screen shot Watch: CNBC Analyst So Shocked by Bad Biden Jobs Report, He Double Checks Numbers on Air Analysts for CNBC were in disbelief when the April jobs report was released Friday, and it left them scrambling on-air. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal May 8, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr US Chamber of Commerce Defies Biden, Calls for Termination of Weekly Unemployment Perk The VP of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce blamed the federal government’s supplemental unemployment benefits for the stunted economic growth. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal May 8, 2021