Overall, today you pay 7% more for items than you did one year ago… and it’s only going to get WORSE.
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📈 Inflation stories: Government overspending and short-sighted economic policies have created unprecedented inflation, supply chain disruptions, and a labor market crisis. The only way Washington politicians will learn that spending sprees have consequences is if YOU speak up. Share your inflation story. ([link removed])
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The labor market is trying to send signals about the high value and great demand for nursing care. As demand for nurses has increased, so has nurse pay. ([link removed]) Average nurse pay (nationwide) increased 4% over one year to $81,376 in November of 2021, with greater increases in places with the highest demand. In response, some state legislators want to intervene to cap travel nurse pay, presumably to protect patients and taxpayers from higher healthcare costs. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Foreign Fighters Swarm To Ukraine, Sowing Future Conflict ([link removed])
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Several thousand Muslim Chechen fighters are reportedly assembling on the edges of Kiev. Hundreds are believed to have fought in Mariupol. Syrian volunteers ([link removed]) filmed last week holding assault rifles, Russian flags, and chanting pro-Kremlin slogans, are in route to the Ukrainian frontline. Syrians are also part of Ukraine’s foreign legion to fight against Russia. There, they join some 20,000 foreign volunteers, including an estimated 3,000 Americans. Read more. ([link removed])
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Can you guess which of the following is not true about the Affordable Care Act?
A. The ACA resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance, mostly by expanding private health insurance.
B. The ACA caused health insurance premiums and deductibles in the individual market to skyrocket.
C. The ACA caused health insurance plans to narrow their networks, in other words, to restrict which hospitals and providers were available to people with ACA coverage.
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** Why Making It Easier To Work Part Time Helps Women ([link removed])
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Research from the Institute for Family Studies found that 40% of moms with children under five prefer part-time work, with 35% preferring full-time work and 25% preferring not to work. Yet some states, including Tennessee, penalize part-time workers with unnecessary occupational licensing requirements.
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Ironically, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson can’t seem to provide the basic definition for what a woman is. If a judge cannot say what words are commonly understood to mean, how is she to do her job? By reference to modern notions of social justice?
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