We haven't all ripped up our debit cards and moved to the woods to forage on berries -- I decided to ask around my neighborhood grocery stores about how business was going.
We can't afford to watch consumers' finances dragged down by unfair credit card practices. It wouldn't be fair in any situation, but at a time of such national financial turmoil, it's an even bigger threat to our economy.
The federal government should make it clear that it is not going to waste taxpayer time or money by listening to the same, arrogant and idiotic bunch of automotive executives that caused all the problems in the first place.
Weingarten's speech was an impassioned call to spare the hatchet -- or scalpel -- in federal funding for education.
Should Congress find the votes to take back at least $25 billion and loan it to the auto industry, they ought to attach it to a long list of demands that need to be set down in writing.
Everyone I know under 30 loves ketchup -- on everything. When I grew up, it was just for french fries and hamburgers. Now, they practically want to use it as lube.
This past weekend's summit of world leaders in Washington represents another step in the painful process of fixing today's financial crisis.
What is missing from bank robbery training is the post trauma element that will educate employees about the emotional toll these types of incidents most likely will have on them.
This is not a center-right country! In the last two elections Democrats picked up over fifty seats in the House, took control of the Senate and the White House. How much clearer can it be?
So, $290 billion into his bailout plan, Hank Paulson is calling for a do-over. Now there is a confidence booster -- it shows just how uncertain Washington is about how to keep the economy from imploding.
I don't like deficit spending in any way at any time. It is an extremely dangerous precedent to set. However, there are times when it is required. And now is such a time.
All four of my grandparents were lifelong GM employees and my father worked there when he was young. Accordingly, its recent collapse has been a topic of conversation in my family.
The first thing Obama should do to get the economy back on track is publicize the financial record of the Bush Administration. Every business knows that "if you can't measure it, you can't manage it."
After Obama's win, in Kenya, unlike when I last visited, there no heavy debates, but constructive dialogue about America resuming the role of leading the world.
The same penchant for secrecy and partial disclosure that pervaded the last eight years of foreign policy, energy policy and domestic intelligence gathering is now slowly emerging in the bailout.
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What a pathetic legacy for this once great nation.
They got a lot of our manufacturing and jobs, not that that is going so great right now. They got a bargain born on the economic pain and suffering of American workers.
Suggest you folks see where the USA ranks on this list.
This is CASH on hand.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html