It’s not a big deal being in a recession if you’re from Louisiana. We’ve been cutting costs for as long as there’s been industry here. Our decision makers have no qualms about putting out an inferior product as long as it’s turning a profit. Sadly our chickens come home to roost when every now and then we want something...
read moreThe quest for capital and all of the advantages that it brings has consumed man since we developed opposable thumbs. While many movies deal with money as a peripheral issue, there are some great movies that deal with the mechanics of making money. I have always been fascinated with the inner workings of our...
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The world is, seemingly, crumbling around us, and somehow, I think I’m better off for it… I don’t own the recession. I’m not on some hokey, New Age bullshyt, I promise you. I just work with and am related to a lot of women (in particular) who operate on a plain that can’t be touched by the...
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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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There’s an old saying… or maybe it’s a scientific fact. Either way, “they” say that if there was a nuclear war the animal most fit to survive would be the cockroach. Well… I guess I’m the cockroach of “the Great Recession.” I’ve been scavenging for so long I never even bothered to look up and see the...
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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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