December 31, 2009
The idea is simple: If enough people who have money in the big four banks move it into smaller, more local, more traditional community banks, then collectively we, the people, will have taken a big step toward re-rigging the financial system so it becomes again the productive, stable engine for growth it’s meant to be.
It’s neither Left nor right.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/move-your-money-a-new-yea_b_406022.html
December 31, 2009
The cap-and-trade bill that passed the House and is still pending in the Senate will increase food prices by 4.5 percent by 2050 by encouraging landowners to re-forest 59 million acres of farmland by that time.
SecAg Tom Vilsack knows it and now wants to hide that inconvenient truth.
December 31, 2009
To close out 2009, I decided to do something I bet no member of Congress has done — actually read from cover to cover one of the pieces of sweeping legislation bouncing around Capitol Hill.
Source:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=a48c8UpUMxKQ
December 30, 2009
Gas taxes add up quickly and some areas of the country are taxed more heavily than others.
However, one surprising thing holds true: The government profits even more from our oil addiction than the super-rich oil companies do.
Source:
http://www.businesspundit.com/the-unquenchable-thirst-taxing-americas-oil-addiction/
December 30, 2009
2009 began with the inauguration of our new and first African American President, Barack Obama, and became the year that GOP and the Extreme Right Wing of the party became energized and very proactive in its goal to be destructive to our new President and his administration and policies by any means.
Source:
http://www.politicususa.com/en/Obama-Right-Wing-Jihad
December 30, 2009
President Obama’s ‘Audio’ Update On Northwest Terror Incident – 12/29/09
Source:
http://videos.mediaite.com/video/President-Obamas-Audio-Update-O
December 30, 2009
The Iranian government is covering a lot of news in and outside Iran, that they don’t kill, they don’t torture… Khamenehei I wish you a long life full of suffering I wish you the worst possi
Source:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-375842
December 30, 2009
A reasonable response to the TSA’s weak attempts to respond to the latest failed terrorist attack involving a plane – that it only punishes the public further while failing to provide any actual safety.
Source:
http://gizmodo.com/5435675/president-obama-its-time-to-fire-the-tsa
December 29, 2009
#8: The Taxable Gift – nothing says “Merry Christmas” like an email saying the value of your gift will appear on your W-2 as an income-related item. Sometimes it’s better to get nothing at all… And yes, fruit cake did make the list.
Source:
http://www.portfolio.com/interactive-features/2009/11/ten-worst-holiday-gifts/
December 29, 2009
From CEOs to athletes to Hollywood actors, even these recessionary times are brimming with high achievers who left the rest of the earning world in their dust.
Source:
http://www.businesspundit.com/12-highest-paid-people-of-2009/
