So first Chairman Ben Bernanke announces the Fed has propped up our sick-baby-bird economy long enough because it’s about to take off and fly any quarter now, an announcement that immediately inspired an 80-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. So in a timing play that can only be… Read the rest
Survey: Families Couldn’t Come Up With $2k To Save Themselves
The Wall Street Journal plutocrats were shocked! at findings in a survey that illustrated just how little it would take to put most Americans on the street. Asked whether they could come up with $2,000 (about what it would cost if your car transmission crapped out on you) in an emergency, 49.9% of… Read the rest
What A Real Leader Might Do
President Obama is scheduled to talk about his long-term plan for reducing the deficit, later today. Since the most pressing need for millions and millions of people here is finding work, one would have hoped President Obama wanted to talk about his long-term plan for including the average… Read the rest