The average American student debt upon graduation is $29,400 and this while America’s federal government projects a record $50-billion profit on student loans in 2014! This makes the student loan business the most profitable business in America. (ExxonMobil made $44.9 billion in 2012)
Present Students, Future Slaves
Living Income Now
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American companies like Toys “R” Us are using the H-1B temporary visa program to take high-paying American jobs offshore in the name of growth and corporate resiliency. At the same time, conservative politicians oppose raising the minimum wage to livable levels with the argument that it will deprive Americans of their low-paying jobs.
Republicans, Immigration and Jobs
ELLEN JOURET-EPSTEIN
NYT
OCT. 12, 2015
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Oil Sands Boom Dries Up in Alberta, Taking Thousands of Jobs With It
FORT McMURRAY, Alberta — At a camp for oil workers here, a collection of 16 three-story buildings that once housed 2,000 workers sits empty.
…the loss of about 35,000 energy industry jobs across the province.
By IAN AUSTEN
NYT
OCT. 12, 2015
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