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Posts Tagged ‘US minimum wage up to $7.25 on July 24 2009’

US minimum wage masks poverty

One link for you: An American Scandal: Minimum Wage.

On July 24, 2009 the US minimum wage will reach the dizzying heights of $7.25…woot!

Given how things are going in America for most people, an insert of The Price Is Right’s losing horn would be appropriate at this juncture – because the price ain’t nearly right if you wish to feed and house your children.

Written by Jude Cowell

July 7, 2009 at 6:06 pm

Posted in Current Events, Financial, US economy

Tagged with The Price Is Right, US economy, US minimum wage masks poverty, US minimum wage up to $7.25 on July 24 2009

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"The Toxic Assault on Our children" (Bill Moyers video) starsoverwashington.com/2013/05/the-to… plus, a Lunar Eclipse May 25 2013 Square poisonous Neptune 17 hours ago

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Julie Demboski’s Astrology

Uranus-Pluto Comes Home: the Vestal T-Square
Starting on the 22nd, Vesta creeps in to create a T-square with big guns Pluto and Uranus. How, we might …Continue reading »
Your Week-End 17-19 May 2013: ‘With Care’
Bits from the current ECLIPSE: Around 5 PM PDT of the 17th the Leo Moon moves into a unique position: …Continue reading »

Lynn Hayes’ Astrological Musings

It’s all about Mercury right now
image from Taranak’s blog. Over the next few days and leading up to the New Moon Eclipse on May 9th, transiting Mercury will make no fewer than seven exact hits to other planets in its march through early Taurus. Mercury is the planet that rules over the mind and the mental function, but also communication [...]
Suicide among “baby boomers” jumps by 50%
News outlets are reporting that suicide rates for individuals aged 40-59 jumped over the last decade. The most pronounced jump was in the age groups from 50-54 and from 55-59 years old but there was also a big jump in suicides for those aged 60-64. (Full report from the CDC here.) Astrologically, this age group [...]

Astro Pol

The Shape of Things to Come: Obama’s First Term, Part Four
This is Part Four of a series on the inauguration, which can be used to see the first four years of Obama’s presidency. The first part covers the powerful and promising Aquarian planetary grouping found in the chart. The second part outlines the general indicators of the chart and gives the winners and losers. Part Three explores how the Obama team will infl […]