The United States has benefited from hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on drilling for natural gas and oil over the last several years. There has been fracking, off-shore wells, and other investments made. Some experts are now predicting that the price of natural gas can go to a record low of $1 per therm or even lower as a result of this. So what will happen to your monthly utility bill if this occurs? Unfortunately it is impossible to say, but your monthly bill should be lower in …
Even as may states reduce the amount of aid provided by SNAP benefits, the reports of fraud continue to increase. During 2015 there were reports of a one million dollar case in Rhode Island, a $2 million violation in Ohio, and countless others. The total volume of waste may have been as high as $5 billion dollars.
We found this statistic incredible. The ride-sharing company Uber now has over 400,000 drivers in the United States, all of whom are considered to be contractors. Some of them work part time for the company, other drivers do this full time. In either case, because these Uber drivers are considered to be contractors they are not entitled to the same benefits and protections as “full time employees”. This is indicative of how the economy has changed, and continues to evolve, in 2016 and going forward. Workers are losing many of …