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Roxanne resides in Taylors, SC with her husband Alan and the best dog in the world Allie.
Voters Want Stimulus Plan
A new USA Today/Gallup polls finds that “Americans overwhelmingly want Congress to pass an economic stimulus bill.” Two-thirds say the package will boost the economy but regarding personal finances, half “say it either would have no effect or even make things worse.” Nevertheless, only 17 percent say “Congress should reject a stimulus bill altogether.” www.americanprogressaction.org
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Liars Club-Sanford and Ryberg Blame Everyone but Themselves for Bankrupting Jobless Fund
Updated on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 10:20AM by
Roxanne Walker
New data from the Labor Department show that “the number of people receiving unemployment benefits has reached an all-time high.” For the week ending Jan. 17, the figure hit 4.78 million, the highest since the records began in 1967. The AP notes that the results “were worse than analysts expected.” After spending a relatively successful and satisfying year as an Account Executive with Welcome Wagon I was laid off the week before Christmas. The layoff affected hundreds of employees corporate wide and was unexpected to say the least. I received a small severance package and will be eligible for unemployment benefits in February. I am now one of 207,171 people who are unemployed in South Carolina, 25,600 of us lost our jobs last month. South Carolina’s unemployment rate now stands at 9.5%, the third highest in the nation.
Abstinence Only Education A $176 Million FAILURE!
Study Says Teen Virginity Pledges Are a Bust
Source: Washington Post, December 29, 2008
Under the Bush administration, the federal government has put over $176 million into funding abstinence-only sex education programs, a component of which is asking teenagers to take a pledge that they will remain virgins until after marriage. But a recent analysis of data from a large federal survey revealed that over half of youths became sexually active whether or not they took the pledge. The study also found that teens who took the pledge tended to have more negative views of condoms and to use them less. The percentage of teens who did have sex and took precautions against sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy was 10 points lower for pledgers than for non-pledgers. “This study again raises the issue of why the federal government is continuing to invest in abstinence-only programs,” said Sarah Brown of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
Courtesy of Center for Media and Democracy
Unmarried-Teen Mom Bristol Palin Now Admits Abstinence Only Sex Education Unrealistic
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