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Miss Colorado is Homeless
A sign of the times, our beauty queen is homeless.
Just months after receiving her crown, Miss Colorado USA Blair Griffith lost her home.
The 23-year-old, who will compete in the Miss USA pageant in June, was evicted, along with her mother, from their home last November. They have been living with a family friend ever since. Griffith is also scheduled to lose her job at Saks Fifth Avenue when the branch she works at closes its doors for good next month.
Jobs Being Created are Low Pay Ones
The NELP ran some numbers and discovered the new jobs are low paying ones.
Lower-wage industries constituted 23 percent of job loss, but fully 49 percent of recent growth. Mid-wage industries constituted 36 percent of job loss, and 37 percent of recent growth. Higher-wage industries constituted 40 percent of job loss, but only 14 percent of recent growth.
We're hearing a lot of spin on tech jobs and innovation lately. Realize those jobs have shrunk by 4.4% over the last decade. In other words, the sector is not even employing the U.S. workers who need a job and have the skills.
Economic Nonsense Reported As Fact
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