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MACDONALD: Trump’s Take on Joe Biden’s Three Letter Word – “Jobs”

December 19, 2025 Steve MacDonald

I say it often, and you can quote me. It’s easy to break things. Fixing them is a lot harder. It takes longer. And while Obama broke stuff, whoever was running the Biden Administration wrecked a lot more. Add to that an unprecedented effort to realign the American economy, fix unfair trade deals, break the … Read more

MacDonald: Hiring Managers Losing Interest in College Graduates

July 13, 2025 Steve MacDonald

If you have a drop of common sense, you already know the answer to why hiring managers might be less than enthusiastic about applicants who’ve recently graduated from college—more trouble than they are worth, even if they have a degree in something useful. The campus culture hasn’t just bilked them for a small fortune; it … Read more

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We Need an American Oidashibeya

November 10, 2024 Burt Janz

In Japan, lifetime employment is almost a given. Employees are protected by law and custom, so a wide scale RIF rarely happens. The company does not want to incur embarrassment or admit that they have excess personnel, which could mean unnecessary expenses that reduce profitability and thus affect the company’s stock price. Japan has a … Read more

What Happens to Good Teachers? They Get Fired

August 26, 2024August 25, 2024 Ann Marie Banfield

As a parental rights advocate focused on education, I hear many parents say, “Why don’t teachers speak out more?” I tell them, it’s because if they do, they will be punished one way or another. That’s exactly what happened to Martia Holloway. She explained in one of her online videos that the district administrators were … Read more

New Employment Numbers Say Recession Is Here

August 6, 2024 Op-Ed

According to the most recent report from the federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy added 114,000 jobs (according to the establishment survey) during July. This was a lackluster number that came in below expectations, and it wasn’t enough to prevent a surge in the unemployment rate up to 4.3 percent. Moreover, the “underemployment” … Read more

Let’s Take a Look at NH’s Record Low™ July 2023 Unemployment

August 18, 2023 Steve MacDonald

The dirty secret of politicizing employment numbers is that you can get to zero unemployment. If the labor force participation rate is zero, so is unemployment. Everyone who wants a job (no one) has it. Ta-da! Record Low™

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Parody Flashback: Obama/DNC Announce New Jobs Program

September 18, 2022 Steve MacDonald

To Help Americans better understand President Obama’s Jobs Program VII – The Return of The Laser-Like Focus, the Democrat National Committee has released this image for the DNC/Obama “Ladder to Success” Jobs program.

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Covid Jab still Required to Work

July 29, 2022 NITZAKHON

Even though the Covid Jab is still experimental, and despite the Nuremberg Code AND the grim results from the Jab, companies are still requiring it to be able to work. A friend sent me this:

New Hampshire Labor Force Exceeds Dec 2019 (Pre-Pandemic) Figures

June 25, 2022 Steve MacDonald

If you were wondering whether New Hampshire was doing something right, this might help you find an answer. The State’s May Jobs data was just released, and unemployment is at a record low. But is it?

Upper Valley Update: Business As Unusual?

May 25, 2022 Aaron Warner

It’s difficult to know where to begin when talking about what’s happened in the Upper Valley since COVID hit back in 2020. However, the most obvious place to start is with businesses and the lack of help.

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How Can a Student Combine Study and Work?

May 23, 2022 Guest Contributor

There are many reasons why students start thinking about working while studying. Among them is the opportunity to earn extra money, form a financial safety cushion, or realize their ambitions.

Working Students: A Unique Breed of Juggler

April 27, 2022 Guest Contributor

As the adage has it, you can’t be serving both gentlemen simultaneously. But what if you have to? For example, what does a working student do when he or she is balancing work and study. Is it possible that efficiency can be achieved in both aspects if you put yourself into work and study at the same time?

The Media and Politicians Need to Be More Honest About What TCI “Does”

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) is just another money-laundering scheme to funnel your cash into state coffers while freeing local politicians from having to take the blame for its very real impact on your day-to-day life.

OSHA (Like the CDC) No Longer Wants to Know About Adverse Reactions to The Jab™

June 2, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Two weeks ago, our national Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said your boss was liable if they made The Jab™ a condition of employment and you had an adverse reaction. That just changed.

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Josiah Bartlett: “Does Anyone in New Hampshire Make the $7.25 an Hour Minimum Wage?”

May 24, 2021 Op-Ed

Officially, New Hampshire’s minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. Finding someone who actually earns that, though, could be harder than finding a vegan in a Brazilian steakhouse on Flank Steak Friday. “You wont’ find it,” Mike Somers, president of the New Hampshire Restaurant and Lodging Association, said.

Democratizing Work: How a City Can Help More People Be Gainfully Employed

January 14, 2022May 23, 2021 Guest Contributor

What do you see when you encounter a person on the street begging for money? Do you see a homeless person, a con artist, a grifter, a nuisance, a danger, an untouchable to be ignored? Adjust your focus a little and what you will see is an unemployed person who has fallen through the rather … Read more

New Hampshire – Low Unemployment And Soon to Be The Only Right to Work State in New England?

June 4, 2021May 22, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Everyone around here is excited about our 2.8% unemployment rate. It might be the lowest in the country. It’s not all good news. Part of that great number has to do with people staying out of the workforce. If no one wanted to work, unemployment would be zero.

TreeHugger Letting the Mask Drop – Are You a Subject or a Citizen? Part 2

May 13, 2021 Skip

Equality or Equity? This really is THE defining moment and point of the day. Normal Americans believe in the real history of how this Country was birthed and the Principles upon which we stand.

Josiah Bartlett: Low Labor Force Participation Holds Back NH Economy

September 21, 2021May 9, 2021 Op-Ed

As a few lawmakers engaged in a publicity stunt last Saturday to press for a state-imposed $15 minimum wage, New Hampshire employers were raising wages and offering cash incentives in desperate efforts to attract workers.

Data Point – NH Unemployment

March 18, 2021 Skip

New Hampshire’s preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2021 was 3.3%, New Hampshire Employment Security reported Tuesday. It represented a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from the January rate, which remained at 3.6% after revision.