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1. A White House report shows that H1N1 may kill 90,000 – I’m going to come out out right now and say that I don’t know how exactly the White House is going to play this, or what tactics they are going to use, but they are going to try to use this virus [...]

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This week the government’s data showed that unemployment actually fell in 21 states in April. Additionally 11 states saw their unemployment numbers hold steady rather than rise. Given that the unemployment rate rose in 46 states in March, the April state numbers are further evidence that the labor market is stabilizing.
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Minimum wage laws are against the law of supply and demand. Wages are based on the supply of and demand for labor. If the supply is low, wages will be higher and if the supply is high, the wages will be lower. If the demand is high, the wages will be high and if the [...]

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