Category Archives: Economy

Regulations rank low as “job killers”

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If you've followed politics at all in the last two years, there's absolutely no way that you missed one Republican or another crowing about Job-Killing Regulations. It's become something of a mantra for them. I can tell you one thing for certain, though, it's certainly not responsible for the loss of very many existing jobs. From @DaveWeigel (someone you should certainly follow if you're on Twitter and interested in politics) at Slate: The Bureau of Labor Statistics breaks out the numbers Read more [...]

The Daily Show keeps me sane

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The Daily ShowTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on FacebookThere's not much I can add to this. Seriously though, you paid more in taxes than GE did last year. Let that sink in for a minute. Sure, you weren't cutting as many paychecks to Americans either, and that's certainly worth something, but can we all agree that it is MINDNUMBINGLY RIDICULOUS THAT YOU CAN NET 14 BILLION DOLLARS AS A COMPANY AND PAY ZERO? Please, say we can. Read more [...]

Profit and Loss

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Let me make a complete disclaimer before I even get started here. I'm no economist. I'm not even a hack economist, or an amateur economist. I haven't had any professional training on the topic more complicated than a 300-level undergrad course. What follows are the views of a layman.Now, with all of that being said, this article (from MSNBC.com) kept popping up across my Twitter-feed today. The basic premise of the article is that CEO's from companies that laid off the most workers in 2009 took Read more [...]

Guilty again….

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...of blog neglect. Mike and I have both been up to the eyeballs with work lately, but the way things are looking, I should have more time moving forward, so I should be able to update a little more frequently.At any rate, I've had a few things bouncing around in my head the last few days:1) AIG outrage: OK, it pisses me off, too. With that being said though, this is way too much press over what basically amounts to a tiny drop in a huge bucket. A listener wrote in to Marketplace today and made Read more [...]