Economic Recovery – or Continuing Despair?
Published June 3, 2011The federal government, and consequently the State of Arizona, is discontinuing extended unemployment benefits due to an “economic recovery”. One has to wonder what the government is seeing that the citizens aren’t. Sure, jobs have been created but not in numbers near large enough to allow the long-term unemployed to go back to work. And for those lucky enough to find a job, many times it is in a job for which they are far overqualified. This situation is not one that affects just men or just women or just college graduates. It’s all of us continuing to struggle to [...]
read moreWaiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Published February 27, 2010I’ve found myself living in a daily state of anxiety. Every time I listen to the news or log on to one of the several “business news” sites that I frequent, it’s more of the same. Things are not good. Washington is selling us down the river. The economy will bust for sure this next time, and we’d better get ready for civil war. You can see why I’m anxious. But, you know, Jesus taught us, “For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life,as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; [...]
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