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Living the Good Life - Jack H. Schick
I must be going insane. Either that or I at least have an abnormal point of view. There are certain things I see in a way that is completely alien to what seems to be reality these days. It’s very disconcerting. All along, I thought I was okay. Actually, I thought I was pretty sharp. It... Submitted 90 days 18 hours ago.

Give a Man a Fish, You Feed Him for a Day - Jack H. Schick
Can you give me some lunch money? My school taxes are due again. I can’t afford to pay them in a lump sum, so I have to pay a penalty and do it in three installments. Each installment is as big as my mortgage payments. The last one is due right before Christmas. They had to increase the... Submitted 293 days 17 hours ago.

WARNING: Do Not Take This as Financial Advice - - e
The recent upturn in some of the indicators and the stock market is because of stimulus and businesses cutting expenses. This won't last. There is no stimulus left and nowhere else to cut except perhaps to go completely out of business and sell the assets - if you can find a buyer. There will be... Submitted 2 years 209 days ago.

Ideas and Tips for Stretching the Dollar - Fran Larson
Everywhere we go, people are discussing it, debating it and wondering about it. We are talking about the "E" word, more commonly known as the "Economy." It is now common knowledge that we are officially in a recession. However, the "worst of times" can also be the "best of times." We can turn... Submitted 2 years 219 days ago.

How You Can Save Money On Your Power Bill - Fran Larson
It's on everyone's mind. It is frustrating, degrading, disappointing, worrisome and just plain "the pits." Yes, I am talking about the economythat word that sends us searching for answers and yet knowing it is all beyond our control. We are helpless to change the situation. Now that the horse is... Submitted 3 years 202 days ago.

Middle Class Mirage - Missing Link
I do wonder at times if the American Dream is nothing more than a suburban myth, a middle class mirage. Is our economic system set up to mollify a massive work force of serfs for the enrichment of some house of lords? Let's examine the evidence for this way-out theory of economics. All through... Submitted 3 years 337 days ago.

Will the Fed Tightening Cycle End in Early 2006? - Arthur Eckart
U.S. ECONOMIC BACKGROUND AND POLICY In a free market system, when demand exceeds supply, prices rise and there is excess profit. So, new supply is created, until excess profit disappears. In the U.S. over the past few years, inflation accelerated, corporations had strong profit growth, and the... Submitted 6 years 152 days ago.

The U.S. Consumption Bubble - Arthur Eckart
There have been several important structural shifts in the U.S. economy over the past 25 years. One important recent shift has been a higher level consumption, through a multiplier effect beyond autonomous consumption, which accelerated over the past 10 years, and perhaps peaked in 2005. This... Submitted 6 years 167 days ago.

Good News: The Year Ahead For The Tampa Bay Area Could Be Bright & Promising - Fran Larson
Florida’s economy has always depended on the sale of homes and sunshine for it’s economy. So it was quite a blow when the housing bubble burst. Still, people in the Tampa Bay Area are now optimistic, according to Bay9News.com. For 2012, 29 percent said they expect to be better off and... Submitted 133 days 5 hours ago.

The Dominant Money System: We Are Fish Not Knowing the Very Water In Which We Swim - Jeff Brown
Most Americans would have a difficult time defining capitalism or the current dominant economic system in the United States. If you were to ask Noam Chomsky, he would say that capitalism, per se, hasn’t existed in the U.S. since the 1920s or 1930s. He calls today’s dominant economic... Submitted 133 days 21 hours ago.

December 13th - A Day to Remember or a Day to Forget? - - Patricia Johnson
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath December 13, 2000 is the day Al Gore conceded defeat to then Texas Governor George W. Bush. That was a bad, sad day--almost as bad and sad as the day the Supreme Court selected Bush as the president, announcing there was not time to do a re-count... Submitted 163 days ago.

Government wants to stimulate . . . What??? - Jose Wer
Here we go again! Ignorant Economists and Top Government Officials that do not have a clue what they are doing planning the usual medicine that has always proven not to work: “ Just Throw a TON of Money at it, and hope it will disappear! ” In old times when our money was backed-up... Submitted 211 days 9 hours ago.

Yo, Fed, Stimulate This: Fed to Bail Out Europe - Andrew Kellerman
Just when I thought it was going to go back in the water (and be sure I'd be eaten) the FED is contemplating a stimulus package to bail out Europe. This is beyond the billions, yes that's a “b”, already loaned, given, thrown away to the banks all over Europe. I mean after all it has... Submitted 238 days 23 hours ago.

On London Riots and Taxation Myths - - Morten St. George
One of the most surprising news stories that I heard this year was the one about the London riots. I say that because I lived in London throughout the decade of the 1970s and it was one of the most peaceful and fun-loving places that I have ever known. It is hard for me to imagine that the people... Submitted 242 days 23 hours ago.

Where Did All The Used Cars Go - Jesse Mobley
With the economy edging its way out of the recession, many consumers are hitting the streets to buy a new ride. But to their surprise, the car dealerships are lacking in one department: used cars! Since last year, small used car values have increased almost 30%—cars such as the Ford Focus... Submitted 290 days 2 hours ago.

How Important Can Corn Be - Jesse Mobley
From fueling our cars to sweetening our beverages and foods, corn plays a vital role in everyone’s lives. So it’s not shocking when firms start to get restless when there is speculation about higher prices of this essential agricultural product. Since this time last year, the price... Submitted 291 days 3 hours ago.

Double Dipping Isn’t Cool At Parties or With the Economy - Jesse Mobley
The show Seinfeld puts it best when explain double dipping: “It’s like putting your whole mouth right in the dip. Look, from now on when you take a chip, just take one dip and end it.” But this article isn’t about the socially-peculiar moments when you catch some double... Submitted 294 days ago.

What Does Big Oil Fear? Innovation! - Jesse Mobley
I love to read the writings of the brave few who call for tax reform for Big Oil companies. Most are scared that if tax incentives for the oil industry are stripped, then prices at the pump will shoot to the stars. Over the past decade, notably during the Bush Administration, Big Oil has been... Submitted 294 days ago.

Did Anyone Think McDonalds And GE Would Fail? - Jesse Mobley
Less than two years ago this country faced the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. We have all heard this bold statement delivered to us by media broadcasters and even politicians themselves, but I fear that many young generations don’t understand the true urgency that this... Submitted 294 days ago.

Mission WD-40 - Jesse Mobley
WD-40 has a passionate fan club which has recently published a listing of 2000 uses for the magical spray. This key household spray can be used for such functions as cleaning piano keys, prohibiting your glue gun trigger from sticking, and removing gum from flag poles, but oddly enough I did not... Submitted 295 days ago.

Doing Business the Right Way! - Jesse Mobley
Zero pay cuts, zero waste, zero layoffs, zero strikes, and even zero health care premiums—these aren’t facts from a glamorous company which many people think of, rather they’re from a relatively small car manufacture named Subaru. In the depths of Indiana lies the automotive... Submitted 295 days ago.

Good and Bad Capitalism - Joel Hirschhorn
With a kind of religious fervor, American conservatives love to talk about their love of capitalism, as if it has a singular definition and can always be counted on to serve public and national interests.  The intelligent way to think about capitalism is that it can be of two kinds.  The good... Submitted 340 days 22 hours ago.

What is the Debt Subject to Limit? - - Patricia Johnson
Opinion by Patricia L Johnson The Debt Subject to Limit is “the maximum amount of money the government is allowed to borrow without receiving additional authority from Congress" , not to be confused with the deficit. The deficit is the fiscal year difference between the amounts the U.S.... Submitted 1 year 102 days ago.

Western Europe and United States Power Lose the Global Economic Dominance - - Gaurav Virk
The global financial crisis has accelerated the shift of economic power to emerging economies. E7 emerging economies (China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey) are likely to exceed the developed economies of the G7 (U.S., Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Canada)... Submitted 1 year 129 days ago.

AU Becoming Larger Economy, Free from Violence HIV Poverty and Food Insecurity - - Gaurav Virk
Robust economic growth is changing instability, corruption, violence, hiv / aids, poverty and food insecurity in African countries and African life. Almost all election in the African Union (AU) is now genuinely pluralistic political representation has been expanded to reflect the diversity of... Submitted 1 year 135 days ago.