Rather, the government hired them to do everything from renovating the nation's roads and bridges to -- hey, here's an idea -- writing for a living. Nothing cures unemployment like a job.

As President Barack Obama and the participants in his White House jobs summit on Thursday toss around ideas about reducing unemployment, they may want to look to Germany for a possible answer ...

President Obama recently announced that he will convene a White House summit next month to address the issue of unemployment, which rose to 10.2% in October, the highest rate in over 25 years.

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He has argued that the cure for inflation — higher unemployment — can be worse than the disease and that we should take the welfare benefits of keeping people in their jobs more seriously.

But urgency is no excuse for doubling down on a dangerous treatment. As with any illness, the right medicine starts with the right diagnosis. Unfortunately, the Fed has seized on aggressive rate ...

As such, there may be confusion as to whether unemployment benefits are considered taxable. But you should know that tax-free treatment of unemployment benefits was limited to 2020 alone.