Now that a weak, and underfunded stimulus plan has been voted on by the Senate and is on its way to conference, let us turn our attention to something a bit more important: the looming collapse of our financial sector. In the midst of the political squabbling over the stimulus plan, we missed the fact that the $750 billion bank...
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I am the proud single mommy of a 7 y/o boy, J. I shoulder the costs of sneakers, allergy shots, dental fillings, afterschool care, haircuts, uniforms, books, pop tarts, 2% milk and Disney/Pixar movies with the latest talking animals. J is at the age where exposure is key. As I learn more about his interests, I further adjust my...
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Now let’s get this straight… I am a writer. But first and foremost… I’m a hustler. My nature is to find a way to use my talents to make a dollar. The dichotomy that is the Saturday man is that I’m not always motivated by conventional jobs. I hate offices and closed in spaces. I don’t really care for manual...
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With consumer confidence and spending at historic lows and venerable retail outlets either going out of business or laying off thousands of workers, most economists believe that we are not going to spend our way out of this recession. Thus, another American tradition, the blowing of “free” money on expendable consumer...
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While waiting for my order to be confirmed (at the drive-thru of one of my favorite fast-food joints), I guiltily calculated the damage. I was cheating on my financial diet, but by the time I carried the one, I reasoned that I had done fairly well for the month. Hence, celebratory buttermilk biscuits were ok…dare I say, very...
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Here I go again. I feel the need to explain why, besides the damage they have wrought to the stimulus plan, the Republican push for tax cuts is an ineffectual and misguided economic policy. Besides a few economists that are friendly with the highly partisan Heritage Foundation, most agree that tax cuts are not an effective way...
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