Get out your shovel because here comes the latest jobs pitch from Congress and the President.

Congress is currently squabbling over transportation bills that would cost hundreds of billions of dollars and the promise of millions of jobs.

Harry Reid just the other day pushing the merits of one such bill before the Senate:... continue reading »

Jobs...The number one issue in this country. You know how bad things are. You've seen the numbers: Unemployment over 8%, more than 40% have been out of work six months or more, a labor participation rate plummeting... continue reading »

On this first in the nation primary day, the “Nomneys” on the attack, trying to score votes by blasting Mitt Romney and his tenure as the head of Bain Capital, a private equity firm.

Here's a portion of a recent ad by “Winning Our Future”, a pro-Gingrich Super PAC, that'll give you the flavor of these attacks:... continue reading »

In accounting, they call it cooking the books. Fudging the numbers to make them work for you.

Today's White House is taking that to a new level using today's jobs numbers to paint a rosy picture that doesn't exist.

Here's what the President said today:

“This morning we learned that American businesses added another 212,000 jobs last month.”... continue reading »

Are you as sick of all the bad news in the economy lately as I am?

Well despite what feels like a bombardment of negative headlines - there are definite bright spots in the economy - a recovery may be in sight!... continue reading »

I didn't start out wanting to be a business reporter or a commentator on personal finance. Not by a long shot - I wanted to cover politics. And, like a lot of grads today - I hit the job market at a terrible time. A deep recession hit this country in the early 1980s, and in 1981, I was happy to even land a job.

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It's that time of year again -- open enrollment. That's when companies that provide health insurance to employees announce tweaks to their plans. If you've been employed anytime at all, you know the drill. You get a complicated looking packet from your HR office and you try like heck to compare the plans. Often, you're not successful... continue reading »

I spoke at the top of today's show about the need for leaders to stop using the terms "fixing" problems and "spending" money on them as interchangeable. But it happens all the time. As a matter of fact, the Wall Street Journal reports today that Federal Reserve officials are beginning to think about a new program to help the struggling housing market by cutting mortgage rates... continue reading »

Today I'm writing about these three words: created, saved and supported.

These are the words the Obama administration has used when talking about the number one issue in the country right now: jobs.

And there's also an evolution in how and why they are using them... continue reading »

The jobs depression continues to plague this nation. If you're not unemployed yourself, no doubt you know someone who is. Fourteen million of us looking for work two years after the Great Recession. But there is a myth about this economy that I want to expose tonight... continue reading »