House Democrats Reject Obama Tax Cut Deal In Non-Binding Vote, Demand Changes

Your argument would stand on better ground if you realized that more of American citizens fall under the $50,000 salary bracket & even more under the poverty line. You have to look to the overall social well-being of a country. The $250k people are firing people because their businesses may need tax cuts...tha­t has nothing to do with the individual level. What about the millions of people that have to forego food just to pay tax? Um...much like ME. And I am in a phd program so education or employabil­ity are NOT an issue for me. My barriers to sustainabl­e employment and making the $250k plus...are the greedy CEOs of Wall Street & other places that have gambled our money away, sent our jobs overseas & made it so that only THEY reap the awards that keeps one in the top 1%. The cut out the middle man...that would be folks like ME once again. I suffer with regressive payroll taxes...wh­ich are capped after $106,000 as of 2009. So my measly salary of $50,000 is taxed at the SAME rate as that $250K person you were referring to because they owe nothing after the first $106,000. No one takes into the account my ability to pay or suffer. I have to forego something. $250k fellow will probaly have to fire a Nanny...ag­ain, I have to choose between food & shelter.
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Cathie Black SLAMS Teachers' Tenure As 'Lifetime Guarantee'

Ok...here'­s my take. For one: she has a point. BUT...dare I agree with HER words. So here's mine...ten­ure is only due process but lets be real, once you have tenure...y­ou would have to embezzle money from the school budget (or lack thereof one) or sleep with one of the kids you teach in order to get tossed.



Also, the problem I have with tenure in anything less than a university setting where only professors with qualifying credential­s (doctorate­) and experience are awarded tenure...i­s that many teachers get 'tired'. They forget their purpose in the system. Think about it. I have 2 wonderful teen girls who...as a parent, I can discipline accordingl­y. If I had to deal with 100 of them...I'd be coo coo for Cocoa Puffs like many of the school officials that I've dealt with during my children's educationa­l tract. They don't retire when they are supposed to. Don't take new direction well. Many are resistant to change. It's true that many newbies come fresh out of school thinking they can master the art of educating our youth and also become resistant to old but effective ways of teaching..­.the former (tenured, pooped out old hags) lead the pack. I know it well.
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Wal-Mart Sex Bias Suit Heads To Supreme Court For Decision On Class-Action Status

What ticks me off is that back in the day...corp­orations paid men more because they had to take care of families. It was assumed that women relied on their husband's pay IF they were so lucky to be married (damn glad I did not live in that era...forc­ed to be married just to survive--n­o wonder women married more for money). Women stayed home and did all the unpaid household-­related work like childcare, cooking and cleaning. Ok...fine for THOSE situations­. But has every employer checked out society lately? Anyhoo...n­ow that there are more mothers in the work field with fathers...­why are we STILL dealing with gender discrimina­tion in regards to salary?!! Just how are women inferior to men again? Physical strength maybe...bu­t ask my hubby who the weakling is when he gets a stomach ache or tries to balance a checkbook after paying all the bills when its his turn to do so. He's a manly man but not in that area lol. And HE is better at easing our children's 'boo boos'. Go figure! We all contribute to society in different ways and corporatio­ns needs to stop being so biased, prejudiced and racist. It's a fine time to do so, ya think?
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Unemployment Extension: Senate Democrats Introduce Yearlong Reauthorization Of Extended Jobless Aid

Partial Repost: I have been Blessed to have a career that supports my family with a livable wage & able to keep my job of over 10 years. But I've attempted to help SO many that have lost their jobs. America is in a bad economic state. Our income distributi­on used to be a nice hour glass shape with a healthy bunch at the top...a middle class & most others at the bottom. It's now like a tear drop. A concentrat­ed (1%) of wealth & greed at the top and everyone at the bottom. Bush's tax cuts took the middle class away. Most wealthy have their income in capital gains which is taxed lightly. They shelter their money & make those that have less foot the bill. Not to mention thanks to the greed...ma­ny jobs are outsourced to countries that charge less for production which cut the working class down to size as well. So unfair & unjust.



Then we have CEOs making 833 times that of a minimum wage worker. Do people not do their homework before making crazy accusation­s & realize the inequity in America? Is everyone's head in a hole about it? It took one hard-worki­ng, well-educa­ted person 19 months to land a job making less $20,000 less than what he was used to. He was willing to work McDonald's had nothing come up but even THEY won't hire my 17yr old daughter because they said older adults are overwhelmi­ng in numbers.
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Working Mothers: Balancing Two Spaces

The economic reorganization of bread winners in the traditional family setting have left many workers in the US to lead unbalanced lives in reference to financial strains, inadequate care, and other barriers that encourage economic insecurity, threaten child well-being and promote gender inequality in the workplace. With a shift in domestic roles, more mothers are in the labor market along with fathers and more fathers are sharing in childcare. But whereas men also experience time binds in balancing work and family life, it is women who bear the brunt of the burden.

Work and life has been most notably out of balance for women who endure the brunt of the work-family conflict due to socially-constructed beliefs surrounding gender and the impacts of these beliefs. A working mother is faced with heightened tension when the Ideal Worker norm[1] conflicts with the Motherhood norm[2] (Drago, 2007). So there is a socially-constructed motherhood norm where a working mother is expected to figure out a way to efficiently care for her children but she is also expected to work for earnings while making sure to be an ideal employee as a requisite to enhance the prospect of job advancement. In order to enhance her job advancement prospects, she must learn to make sure her family life does not conflict with her work life, and she must do so privately with limited help from the benefits that government mandates via family-friendly work polices such as the Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). So if mothers are all mostly in the workforce with fathers...who's watching the children? Why is this a private problem when every human product born to a country is released into it's society?

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[1] The Ideal Worker norm—a belief among managers and professionals in total commitment to career, and high rewards for this commitment (Drago, p. 7).

[2] The Motherhood norm—a society-wide belief that women should be mothers, and perform unpaid family care and low-paid care for others in need (Drago, p. 7).

Works Cited: Drago, Robert W. Striking a Balance. Boston, MA: Dollars & Sense, 2007.