Tag: unemployment
Deliberately imperiling federal finances should not be an excuse to cut programs for older Americans. It was unsurprising to many when the Treasury announced in mid-October that the federal budget deficit rose 17 percent in Fiscal Year 2018. This increase reflected the tax cut and subsequent spending hikes enacted in the past year. Contrary to…
Sumat Lam, a recent college graduate, was skeptical when his Silicon Valley employer transferred him to Austin, Texas. What he found was a high-tech mecca that defies the stereotypes of 10-gallon hats and Southern drawls. Google, Apple and Amazon have established outposts in the “Silicon Hills” of Texas’ Hill Country. The young workers moving there ar…
