The government has sunk (understatement alert) a lot of money thus far trying to move the country out of this recession. As of this writing, their attempts have proven futile. “Why”, you may wonder, “have we spent all of this money and it has not helped?” Comparing our economy to a human body accurately...
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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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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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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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Creating Job Security Resource Guide, by Debra Yergen, provides a vast amount of useful information in a compact, easily readable format. Whether you want to earn extra money to supplement your current income, or are seeking a career change, this comprehensive resource guide provides you with the tools to affect dynamic change in...
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President Obama’s stimulus plan passed in the House of Representatives with no Republican votes. Now the bill must pass the Senate before it goes to a Conference committee. Once it leaves Conference Committee, the final version will be voted on by both the House and Senate. Thus, it is very likely that the current bill...
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