| Jan 2, 2012 | Economy / BusinessAs an old country saying puts it, “Money is like manure — it does no good unless you spread it around.” Yet America’s corporate and political leaders have intentionally been shoveling wealth into an ever-bigger pile for those at the top....
| Dec 26, 2011 | Economy / BusinessSlash the budget, That’s our plea; Just don’t cut What’s dear to me. Budget cuts are slippery. What happens when your state cuts aid to municipalities or the federal government cuts special help to your local school? Who ends up getting hurt most?...
| Dec 24, 2011 | Economy / BusinessThe economy is expanding, the unemployment rate is down, and consumers are spending again. The National Retail Federation expects holiday season sales to be up 3.8 percent over 2010, and other organizations predict increases of 3.5 percent to 4 percent. It all sounds...
| Dec 19, 2011 | Economy / BusinessLike something out of a bad movie, the failed congressional supercommittee plotted to use “chained COLAs” to cut future Social Security benefits for America’s retired workers. No, chained COLA isn’t some kind of carbonated beverage gone bad....
| | Economy / BusinessThe Census Bureau recently delivered some disturbing news about how the Great Recession and its aftermath are affecting the most vulnerable among us — America’s school children. More than 20 percent of the nation’s counties saw significant increases...
| | Economy / BusinessDuring a key scene in the classic holiday film It’s A Wonderful Life, savings-and-loan proprietor George Bailey, played by Jimmy Stewart, memorably explains to the townspeople how his business works – that he’s not sitting on piles of money just...
