U.S. Economic Destruction Continues | PPG Industries plans to lay off about 1,800 employees amid efforts to cut costs

PPG Industries plans to lay off about 1,800 employees amid efforts to cut costs

Snippet of Article: "...PPG Industries plans to lay off about 1,800 employees amid efforts to cut costs, with the paints and coatings maker also inking a deal to sell a sizeable chunk of its architectural business. Pittsburgh-based PPG said Thursday that the job cuts would primarily impact positions in the U.S. and Europe. ...PPG's recent cuts also arrive amid an environment of poor home sales. Existing U.S. home sales slipped 2.5% in August, the latest month with data available, as prices increased on an annual basis for the 14th consecutive month. And the average rate on a 30-year mortgage surged to 6.32% last week, below 2024's peak of 7.22% in May."

Source: www.cbsnews.com

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A Cooling Labor Market | Tight US Jobs Report Dampens Fed Easing Hopes: This Week In The Market

Tight US Jobs Report Dampens Fed Easing Hopes: This Week In The Market

Snippet of Article: "...Friday’s May jobs report revealed tighter-than-expected labor market conditions, dampening market expectations of imminent Fed rate cuts. Market expectations no longer fully price in two Fed rate cuts by the end of the year. Investors reduced bets on a September cut...the May employment report delivered mixed messages. While payrolls and wage growth were strong, the rise in the unemployment rate was unexpected, he said. Recent job growth has been concentrated in part-time positions, with a decline in temp jobs indicating a cooling labor market, he said. "

Source: www.msn.com

US Jobs Report (May 2024),Bidenomics,Destruction of America's working class,

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Leaked Docs | Tens of thousands of illegals ‘exempt’ from Biden’s ‘tough’ new border restrictions

Tens of thousands of migrants ‘exempt’ from Biden’s ‘tough’ new border restrictions: leaked docs

Snippet of Article: "...In plain English, ‘section 240 removal’ means “they’re released,” into the US, a Border Patrol source told The Post — explaining such migrants will be given a court date and allowed to pursue asylum, which typically take years to resolve. “It’s all bulls–t,” a DHS official told The Post of the Biden administration’s new restrictions. ..."

Source: nypost.com

Biden's Fake Border Bill is Meant To Continue Flood Of Unvetted Illegals to Garner Democrat Votes and Lower U.S. Wages, Destruction of America's working class,

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New rule that would make millions of high-paid white-collar workers eligible for overtime pay

new rule that would make millions of white-collar workers newly eligible for overtime pay

Snippet of Article: "...Starting July 1, the rule would increase the threshold at which executive, administrative and professional employees are exempt from overtime pay...The new standard could be legally challenged by industry groups that have argued that excessively raising the standard exceeds Labor’s authority and adds heavy regulatory and financial burdens or compliance costs."

Source: www.usatoday.com

Biden to Increase Pay For White Collar Workers, Biden Making the Wealthy Wealthier,

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Huntsville Alabama | Bidenomics and a Greedy City Council Target Water Customers With Proposed 35% Rate Increase

Title: Huntsville Utilities proposes 35% water rate increase

Article Snip: "Huntsville city council members held a first reading for a proposal allowing Huntsville Utilities to raise water rates by 35%..."

Reference:WAFF
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More Reading: Water Quality: Madison County Alabama Water Department 8 of 16 total contaminants exceed EWG Health Guidelines ...Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.

Biden's Destructive Woke National Education Agenda versus The Facts | Education: The Nation's Report Card

The Nation's Report Card

Snippet of Article: "Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading and mathematics. ...The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) administered the NAEP long-term trend (LTT) reading and mathematics assessments to 13-year-old students from October to December of the 2022–23 school year. The average scores for 13-year-olds declined 4 points in reading and 9 points in mathematics compared to the previous assessment administered during the 2019–20 school year. Compared to a decade ago, the average scores declined 7 points in reading and 14 points in mathematics. ..."

Source: The Nations Report Card

Results of America's Failed Education System Under Biden Admins Focus on 'Woke Agenda' versus Educating Our Children,

Bidenomics | Biden regulations have cost Americans almost $10,000 per household

Biden regulations have cost Americans almost $10,000 per household: study

Snippet of Article: "...calculates that the added costs of these Biden-era rules finalized in 2021 and 2022 — including both their current and expected future costs — amount to about $9,600 per household. ...

"The Trump administration's agencies through four years reduced regulatory costs by almost $11,000 per household in present value..."

Source: www.foxnews.com

Bidenomics,Biden Legacy,Economic Crisis,Biden Economy,Green Economy,Destruction of America's working class,

What the Left Has Left for America

Snippet of Article: "On almost every issue, Democrats have repudiated their prior reverence for the Supreme Court.

They distrust individual liberty and free expression.

They now worship the money and clout of corporate America.

Racial ecumenicalism and integration are seen as passé.

There is little need for borders to protect vulnerable American workers, given the advantages of inviting in millions of poor illegal immigrants without audits.

Democrats have transmogrified into a Soviet-style socialist binary of rich and poor, run by an elite nomenklatura that dictates its orders to its foot soldiers of the underclass. An entire new left-wing vocabulary—clingers, deplorables, irredeemables, dregs, chumps, ultra-MAGA, semi-fascists—has come to express their hatred of the middle class. ..."

Source: amgreatness.com

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Truth Comes Out: Democrat Schumer pushes citizenship for 11 million+ illegal immigrants

Democrat Schumer pushes citizenship for 11 million+ illegal immigrants

Snippet of Article: "Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer claimed that the solution to America’s declining birth rate was to grant a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants that are currently in the country. ..."

Source: yahoo.com

Now we know the real agenda of Democrat open border policy is to replace American workers

Biden Administration Proves They Are Are Intentionally Promoting a U.S. Foreign Invasion Saying Arizona is Trespassing Yet Ignoring Illegals Invading America

Biden administrator accuses Arizona of trespassing by building barrier on US-Mexico border

Snippet of Article: "Biden administrator Jacklynn Gould accuses Arizona of trespassing by building barrier on US-Mexico border... claims the state is entering federal land. “The unauthorized placement of these containers is a violation of federal law and is a violation of the United States,” Jacklynn Gould, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Basin regional director, said in a letter to Arizona. “This trespassing is damaging state lands and resources and hampering Reclamation’s ability to fulfill its mission.” Gould’s department falls under the Department of the Interior (DOI)"

Source: localtoday.news

Jacklynn Gould, Bureau of Reclamation (USBR),

Democrat-led rule has failed America

Snippet of Article: "Rapid market shifts have become normal, job displacement with soaring inflation has left working-class families unable to pay bills, and international political instability in parts of Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia characterize the unprecedented global turmoil that is coloring this election. This administration has presided over the start of a potential economic recession, a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, and a plethora of loose ends they pledged to tie up...Democrat-led rule has failed America...In addition, Joe Biden made many pledges to fix our country’s immigration system, yet we have seen nothing of the sort during his presidency. Border crossings have hit an all-time high in 2022 topping 2.76 million..."

Source: www.thedp.com

Failed Democrat Party,Destruction of America's working class,

Federal Workers Face Another Huge Health Insurance Increase in 2020

Feds face 5.6% health insurance hike

Snippet of Article: "...Feds are facing a steep increase in insurance premiums under the Federal Employees Health Benefits plan in 2020. The Office of Personnel Management announced Oct. 2 that federal workers and retirees enrolled in the FEHB program..."

Source: fcw.com

Bankrupting Federal Retirees, Healthcare Costs, Destruction of America's working class, FEHB 2020,

Corporate Welfare is Destroying the Working Class Taxpayer

Welfare for the Well-Off: How Business Subsidies Fleece Taxpayers

Snippet of Article: "...Some of the most subsidized recipients of public assistance are not welfare queens housed in public tenement apartments. They are not even poor or ailing at all. Far from it. America's most costly welfare recipients today are Fortune 500 companies. In 1997 the Fortune 500 corporations recorded best-ever earnings of $325 billion, yet incredibly Uncle Sam doled out nearly $100 billion in taxpayer subsidies. These welfare payments come in every conceivable shape and size: government grants, sweetheart business deals arranged by the Commerce Department, cut-rate insurance, low-interest loans, a protective wall against foreign competition, exclusive government contracts, and a mind-boggling maze of special interest loopholes in the tax code. Table 1 lists the 1997 appropriations for fifty-five of the most unjustified federal business subsidy spending programs as compiled by the Cato Institute. Their combined price tag came to $38 billion in 1997..."

Source: www.hoover.org

corporate tax rate, Corporate Welfare, Destruction of America's working class, business subsidy spending programs,

New Report Underscores Efforts to Erode Public Power

Snippet of Article: "...The report, New Rules for the 21st Century: Corporate Power, Public Power, and the Future of the American Economy, was issued by the Roosevelt Institute...Government spending goes disproportionately to programs that benefit the rich. Fortunately, the report does more than just describe a doomsday scenario that leaves average people poorer while the elites grow ever richer and more powerful..."

Source: apwu.org

Destruction of America, Destruction of America's working class,

Shutdown: Dems' on vacation while holding government workers hostage to protect illegals

Dems take it easy as government shutdown continues

Snippet of Article: "...Nancy Pelosi traveled nearly 5,000 miles away from Washington, DC. The Dem was holed up at the Fairmont Orchid Resort in Kona, Hawaii...Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a furious Trump critic, was relaxing last week in the Bahamas, where she took in a traditional post-Christmas parade...President Trump has been left to seethe in the nation’s capital, where he decided to stay"

Source: nypost.com

Destruction of America's working class, Illegal Immigration, Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019,

Shutdown: Illegal Immigrants vs Federal Workers. Who Will the House Protect?

‘Funny,’ top Dems get paid in shutdown but border agents don’t, says head of US Border Patrol Council

Snippet of Article: "...U.S. Border Patrol Council pointed out the irony inherent in the border security debate amid the partial government shutdown. Art Del Cueto noted that top Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will continue to receive a paycheck as the federal government entered a partial shutdown over a heated disagreement over funding of President Donald Trump’s border wall..."

Source: www.bizpacreview.com

Destruction of America's working class, Destruction of America, Illegal Immigration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Border Wall,

Will Markets Crash After Trump Says, 'serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare' faced by America

Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate

Snippet of Article: "...because of “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare,” I view the increases that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate. Under current law, locality pay increases averaging 25.70 percent, costing $25 billion, would go into effect in January 2019, in addition to a 2.1 percent across-the-board increase for the base General Schedule. We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases..."

Source: www.whitehouse.gov

#TrumpSlump, State of U.S. Economy, Trumps Take on U.S. Economy, Federal Employee Pay,

Trump’s orders show unwavering attack on federal unions, employees

Snippet of Article: "...The orders were just the latest steps designed to weaken unions, federal employee compensation and civil service protections..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

union busting, anti-union, Destruction of America's working class,

Administration clarifies the intended destruction of federal employee retirement

Administration Adds Details to Benefit-Cutting Proposals

Snippet of Article: "...Elimination of Federal Employees’ Retirement System Annuity Supplements This proposal would amend section 8421 of title 5, United States Code, to eliminate the Federal Employees’ Retirement System (FERS) annuity supplement for new retirees and the supplementary annuity for survivor annuitants. The proposal retains language that requires OPM to apportion a FERS annuity ·supplement to a former spouse when a court order expressly divides a FERS annuity for purposes of annuitants who retain a FERS annuity supplement under prior provisions of section 8421. Also, the proposal retains language that requires OPM to reduce or eliminate an annuitant’s FERS annuity supplement based on earnings for those who retain FERS annuity supplements under prior provisions..."
Source: www.fedweek.com

FERS Annuity Supplement, SRS, Destruction of the working class, Destruction of the Federal Employees Retirement System,

Scumbag politicians want to steal more from federal and postal employees by further lowering pay

Article Title: Budget Bills: Cut Postal, Federal Pay

Snippet of Article: "...Budget bills for fiscal year 2016 proposed by House and Senate committees last week would cut pay for postal and federal workers by increasing the amount employees must pay into retirement accounts – without any increase in benefits. Under the budget bills, up to 6 percent of a postal worker’s wages would go toward funding retirement programs – reducing pay by thousands of dollars each year. In recent years, Congress increased the contributions required from employees covered by FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System) from 0.8 percent to 4.4 percent. Over the past five years, lawmakers have already cut federal and postal workers pay and benefits by $159 billion – and now they want more. “There is no justification for these pay cuts,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “The Postal Service is ‘off budget’ and doesn’t get a dime of taxpayer money,” he pointed out, “and postal pension accounts are almost fully funded.”..."

Source: www.apwu.org