This morning this article was on the front page of the New York Times regarding the surplus of skilled crafstman seeking work via Craigslist. You can follow the pulse of the economy just by watching what’s going on with Craigslist,” said Jerry Patterson, a carpenter in Phoenix who once had plentiful work framing new homes and remodeling older ones. Unemployed people across many occupations are seeking work on Craigslist, of course. With national unemployment at 8.2 His unemployment benefits dried up two years ago. Clearly its needed. MORE >>

BLOW Published: February 3, 2012 After all, Mitt Romney is the same multimillionaire who joked that he was “unemployed” while he was “earning” more in one day than most Americans earn in a year and paying a lower rate on those earnings than most Americans do. According to a New York Times/CBS News poll conducted last month, nearly a fifth of families making less than $15,000 said that they were middle class and nearly two-fifths of those making more than $100,000 said that they were middle class. Well its a dream apparently. Romney, the Rich and the Rest By CHARLES M. MORE >>

The myth that only if "you work hard" is clearly not the case nor even true as the article from the New York Times (reprinted below) illustrates. The Washington Post has an article showing that of all fields suffering for new degrees - Architecture is the highest. The mobility gap has been widely discussed in academic circles, but a sour season of mass unemployment and street protests has moved the discussion toward center stage. Liberal commentators have long emphasized class, but the attention on the right is largely new. Henry Ford did it. said Stuart M. MORE >>

Yesterday I read a Pew Study on the long term affects of being unemployed and they found that unilaterally the time one was unemployed only slightly varied between those with upper degrees, high school and no degree. Showing that now for what is qualified as the "long term" unemployed there was little difference in percentage points when it came right down to it. As Motoko Rich reports at the New York Times, Even with the same college and professional degrees, men earn more than women. We are not coming or going a long way baby. HomeE.J. Or with. MORE >>

The unemployment rate the highest that has been in years. Certain cities are still managing to be massively over-valued with regards to Real Estate - San Francisco, New York and Seattle where I live are three such locations. WASHINGTON — Builders starting on new apartments are busier than ever these days as demand for rentals climbs and the once-sacrosanct American dream of home ownership fades. Before I left for Denver I found on my door a flyer for our new program Community Power Works. To Rent or To Buy for that is the Question. retire. About 3.8 mortgages. MORE >>