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In President Barack Obama last State of the Union address, he extolled the countrys economic recovery, but noted that some Americans are still feeling the brunt of a quickly changing, global economy. Its an economy, he noted, that increasingly profits the wealthiest. Today, technology doesnt just replace jobs on the assembly line, but any job where work can be automated. Companies in a global economy can locate anywhere, and face tougher competition. As a result, workers have less leverage for a raise. Companies have less loyalty to their communities. And more and more wealth and income is concentrated at the very top.All these trends have squeezed workers, even when they have jobs; even when the economy is growing. Its made it harder for a hardworking family to pull itself out of poverty, harder for young people to start on their careers and tougher for workers to retire when they want to. And although none of these trends are unique to us, they do offend our uniquely American belief th stanley cup at everybody who works hard should get a fair shot.FULL SPEECH: President Obamas 2016 State of the Union Address stanley cup stanley cup Go Deeper 2016 state of the union barack obama By 鈥? Emza Year after Mosul capture, millions of Iraqis still need basic food and shelter
Photo by Flickr user DDOT DCWhile a shutdown, even for just one week, is expected to reduce fourth quarter growth and, if prolonged, lower consumer confidence, federal workers may not be feeling the pinch yet. Instead, they seem to be catching up on some of the D.C. experiences they can ;t enjoy in the office. On the eve of the government shutdown, Netflix stock soared, noted Wonkblog Lydia DePillis. When they ;re not catching up on West Wing, furloug stanley cup hed federal workers may be biking. Capital Bikeshare experienced two of its busiest days on the first two days of the shutdown, with 10,393 rides on Wednesday. And plenty of restaurants may be luring new business by giving free food and drinks to those 800,000 furloughed employees, especially since several of them require making a purchase to get the giveaway. Su stanley cup pport Provided By: Learn more Support PBS News: nike dunk Educate your inboxSubscribe to Herersquo the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you wonrsquo;t find anywhere else. Full Episode |
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