Tag Archives: debt
Disgraceful and Insulting
New discoveries were made on the economic front last week. The Labor Department reported that 163,000 jobs were added in July. Yet even with the new jobs, the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent. “We’ve still got too many folks … Continue reading
Why Chimpanzees Throw Poop at Zoo Gawkers
Can you believe it? The 2012 fiscal year budget deficit is on track to eclipse $1 trillion a year for the fourth year in a row… According to the Treasury Department, “through the first nine months of the budget year, … Continue reading
Rigging the Price of Money on a Grand Scale
Some people earn their money by honest means. Others do so at the expense of one another. If you borrowed money from a bank between 2005 and 2009 to buy a house or car, to pay for school, or if … Continue reading
Celebrating Independence Day with Gratitude
Uncompromising independence and limitless personal freedom were once essential to the American character. According to popular American folklore, they still are. We have some reservations. No doubt, America was at one time the land of the free. Of course, that … Continue reading
