Feb 1, 2008
11:33 am
17,000 jobs lost in January. Wow:
The economy lost 17,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department reported on Friday, an unexpected decline that marks the most striking evidence yet that the United States may be slipping into a recession.
But don't let that bad news get you down. Exxon has set another record profit year:
Exxon Mobil delivered its strongest performance ever last year, earning a record $40.6 billion in net income because of surging oil prices, the company said Friday.
The figure, a 3 percent increase from the previous year, exceeded the company’s own record for profits at an American corporation, set in 2006, and is nearly twice what it earned in 2003.
So when your sitting at home wondering how to pay the bills, you can have a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that Exxon is getting rich off the gas you need to burn while job hunting. God bless the Bush economy!!
By fixing the antiquated system to calculate the federal poverty level we can quickly fix the flaws in the new health care bill. Below are the bills introduced in the House and Senate to do just that.
Use the widget below to find your members of Congress and how to contact them, then do so. Pushing these bills through Congress will help open up more accessible and affordable health coverage to all Americans.
Over 2,200 veterans, who couldn't afford health insurance, died in 2008. On Veteran's Day 2009 IntoxiNation decided to highlight tweets from polticians who oppose healthcare reform yet wanted to claim how they supported our veterans on Twitter. Here is an example of one such tweet
Visit the rest at the Veteran's Day Project 2009 page
| President Obama Job Approval | |
|---|---|
| Approve: | 47.9% |
| Disapprove: | 47.0% |
| Spread: | +0.9% |
| Generic Congressional Vote | |
|---|---|
| Republican: | 45.2% |
| Democrat: | 42.8% |
| Spread: | +2.4% |
| Direction of Country | |
|---|---|
| Right Direction: | 35.3% |
| Wrong Track: | 58.2% |
| Spread: | -22.9% |
| Congressional Job Approval | |
|---|---|
| Approve: | 22.4% |
| Disapprove: | 70.2% |
| Spread: | -47.8% |
Nothing will change until the election process changes. Not only the presidential but all elections. They must be funded by individuals through taxes or private donations. Big business should not be allowed in the mix. This is supposed to be a government by the people but now we are being run by big business for big business. And most big businesses look at nothing but the bottom line $.