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Data Point: Job data soars – last quarter revised upward as well.

December 6, 2019 Skip

It is going to be really hard for the Democrats to run against the Trump campaign if they are limited to actual data: U.S. Jobs Report Breaks Expectations, Unemployment at 50-Year Low The U.S. Labor Department’s jobs report released on Friday showed accelerated hiring and unemployment at a 50-year low. Employers added 266,000 jobs for … Read more

Newspaper Newsroom Staffs Have Declined 47% in the Past Ten Years

December 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

A friend of mine just told me that the Nashua Telegraph has too few reporters. They can’t cover the news in Nashua, let alone investigate or pursue stories. Hold politicians accountable. They are not alone. From 2008 to 2018, print media newsrooms cut 33,000 jobs.

Liz Warren and Ed Markey May be Killing More Than Jobs With Their Latest Bill

October 13, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Warren hates fracking. She’ll do anything to stop it. Like making it illegal to add infrastructure that would allow us to export more natural gas. Not only will this kill US jobs, but it will also make Europe the slaves of Russian Energy Oligarchs.

Blue Collar Work, Grinding, Constructions

Unemployment Rate Lowest Since 1969 – Displaced Worker Rate Lowest in 19 Years

October 6, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The economy continues to deliver good news. Trump’s second Recovery Summer has rolled into recovery Fall (or pumpkin spice in everything season you prefer), which saw unemployment drop to it’s the lowest level in 50 years.

Hey Democrats! What’s the Plan for the 6000 Things we Make from Oil Besides Gasoline?

October 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Part of the problem with Democrats, and there are plenty of them, is that their obsession with keeping oil in the ground is not just impractical; it is impossible.

Apple to Expand in Texas (Instead of China) – Add 10,000 Jobs to Build Mac Book Pro

September 23, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Trade war bad except when it’s good, right? And the feds give you a few incentives. Like a break on tariffs for a few parts that are manufactured in China. If you expand manufacturing in the US and add 10,000 Jobs. Sounds like a deal and it is.

Trump Boom Continues and the Recession The Democrats Wanted has Been Canceled

September 21, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Back in mid-August the new it girl was a looming recession. The media was just wild about her. It’s all they could talk about it. And what did I say? The media’s obsession (short on substance) was a giveaway. And their wanting one probably meant it was a lie.

Democrat Anti-Fracking Arguments Would Cost Jobs and Pennsylvania (again)

September 21, 2019 Percy Blakeney

Western Pennsylvania’s energy workers hoped to communicate with the Democrat presidential candidates. The workers wanted the chance to defend the way they make their living. Their intention was to open a line of communication before the candidates decided to go to war against shale.

NH Unemployment Still 2.5% as State Adds Jobs and Grows Labor Force

September 18, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Yesterday the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security issued its Press Release for August. While Democrats try to override his vetoes today, Governor Sununu can sit back and smile about the jobs picture. Employment looks secured.

Trump Economy: Record Setting Employment Numbers in August

September 6, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We teased this yesterday with data from the ADP National Employment Report. August was an excellent month for workers. Today the Dept of Labor has confirmed that.

Why Vote Republican?

September 5, 2019

Why vote Republican? Well, would you vote for creation of almost 4 million jobs since the last election? Could you support that? Is it a good thing? Okay, the Republicans have got you covered. Jobs Would you vote Republican if you knew more Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history? Would … Read more

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U.S. private employers’ payrolls grew at the fastest pace in four months in August

September 5, 2019 Steve MacDonald

What is something you may not hear a lot about today? Good economic news. Details that deflate the Left’s dreams of a recession. The one they’d love you to suffer through if it helped them in the next election.

Kuster and Pappas Help the US House Pass a $15/Hr. Federal Min. Wage

July 18, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The US House just passed a bill to hike the Federal Minimum wage to $15.00 per hour. A move that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says would cost the US at least 1.3 million jobs if it became law.

Republicans Need to Speak for and in Defense of the Economy – Because the Left Want’s to Take It Away

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Leftist desperado media narratives exist to create perception. A false reality that some left-wing priority is both legitimate and of pressing public interest. In most cases, neither is true. It’s just scaremongering to facilitate your loss of liberty while Government accumulates power.

NH Senate Predictably Votes to Kill Productive Jobs to Save Unproductive Jobs

May 28, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Most of the North Country in New Hampshire is between 3 and 5% unemployment. Without the ‘city’ of Berlin dragging them down at 4.9%, the regional average would be between 3-4%. Not that bad. But this, according to the NH Senate, is an employment crisis.

US Unemployment Lowest Since 1969 – The Left Must Be Losing Their Minds!

May 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The US economy continues to motor along. After a first quarter report of GDP growth at 3.2%, the job numbers are spectacular. The US Unemployment rate hit a 49 year low of 3.6 percent.

More Bad Economic News …For Democrats (US Steel Investing $1.2 Billion in PA)!

May 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs come with consequences…for Democrats and Never Trumpers. US Steel has announced that it will invest $1.2 billion into the Mon Valley’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa.

As NH Democrats Push for Higher Minimum Wage New Data Confirms We’ll Lose Jobs and Hours

April 29, 2019 Steve MacDonald

As New Hampshire Democrats push for a ridiculously high state minimum wage we’ve got more bad news. And it is not new news. New data proves the old data. Where minimum wages have been arbitrarily hiked prices rise. Workers get fewer hours. New jobs never materialize, and old jobs disappear.

Initial US Jobless Claims in April Lowest Since September, 1969

April 19, 2019 Steve MacDonald

A strange thing happened on the way to the unemployment line. The line got shorter. Another strange thing? About 70% of jobs filled in 2018 came as a result of individuals who were not even in the labor force. Folks who had given up looking got up and got a job.

Amazon Abandons Major Expansion – Moving Thousands of Jobs Out of Seattle

April 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

As Seattle continues to swirl and gurgle its way down Karl Marx commode, its biggest employer is making a major move. Amazon, which was planning to occupy a massive new building in the City, adding as many as 5000 more jobs, is moving them out of Seattle.