Feb 2, 2011 ~ what IS working

ECONOMY

learm about the stimulus, taxes, jobs, auto bailout, reform, and signs of success

HEALTH CARE

The affordable Care Act helps families, reduces cost, and deserves our support.

EDUCATION

When government, teachers, parents and the community working together, our schools improve.

ENVIRONMENT

Americans conserve, stimulus boosts economy, discoveries are made daily

COMMUNITY

Working with neighbors, non profits and government agencies we can make a diference.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

StartUp America with Austin Goolsbee

Posted by Linda H on 5:11:00 PM

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Cutting Hours Instead of Jobs

Posted by Linda H on 4:23:00 PM

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Facing potential layoffs, Pilgrim Screw Corp. in September directed 11 of its 65 employees to cut their workweeks by one day. The move meant nobody at the small manufacturer lost jobs, while those with fewer hours now get a check from Rhode Island representing one-fifth of what they would make under full-fledged unemployment insurance. It's a pay cut for those workers, to be sure, but they prefer that to the alternative: joblessness.

Rhode Island is among the 22 states and the District of Columbia that offer some form of "work sharing," programs in which employees work fewer hours and receive partial unemployment insurance to lessen the blow to their incomes.

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Tech. Companies Join "Startup America Partnership"

Posted by Linda H on 4:00:00 AM

Three of the nation's biggest technology companies are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to an initiative backed by President Barack Obama to encourage job creation and economic growth by supporting small businesses.

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