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The jobless are screwed
As nearly 13 million Americans look for a job – federal funding to retrain Americans workers and prepare them for the jobs of the 21st century are drying up. Funding for job-training programs across the country is down 18% from 2006 – even though there are six million more unemployed Americans today. Funding for counseling for the unemployed – like resume guidance and job interview coaching – is down 13%. In fact – funding for job retraining for Americans is roughly half of what it used to be more than a decade ago.
So now – even though the economy is slightly improving – business are having difficulty finding Americans workers who are trained and qualified to handle the new job. President Obama’s budget proposal called for a massive increase in job retraining programs – increasing funding to nearly $3 billion a year. Studies show this is a good economic investment, as every dollar spent on retraining unemployed Americans for new jobs yields as much as eight dollars for the local community.
However – multi-millionaire Congressman Paul Ryan’s Republican trickle-down austerity budget once again slashes funding for federal job retraining programs. Under their proposal – it’s far more important to give $3 trillion in tax breaks to the super-rich than give working Americans new job skills.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Trickle Down Austerity (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Trickle Down Austerity- Neal Asbury, host-“Truth for America” 
Screwed: The New Super-PAC Threat- Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future 
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Daily Take: Europe thinks Americans are crazy
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Thom's Poll
Republican trickle-down austerity is crippling public sector employees. Is this an attempt to crush what's left of our unions?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
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