Federal Salaries Rise Fast Under Bush, Even Faster Under Obama
While average Americans have seen their wages and benefits stagnate, decrease, or even vanish altogether in recent years, federal workers have been doing...
Economy
Commodities Skyrocket After Fed Announces $600 Billion More Inflation
One day after the Federal Reserve Bank's “Federal Open Market Committee” (FOMC) announced it...
TARP Bailout Payback: “Drop in the Bucket”
Over the recent clamor of approval for the outcome of the Troubled Asset Relief...
Behind the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis
The foreclosure crisis continues to threaten the U.S. banking sector with more headaches, admitted...
Chevy Volt Misses the Mark
Now that the Chevy Volt, General Motors’ electric car, is about to arrive in...
When Unemployment Pays Better Than Employment
Back in June, Republican Senate candidates Sharron Angle of Nevada and Rand Paul of...
Handicapped Passenger Told: “Too Disabled to Fly”
October 15, US Airways asked one of its passengers flying from West Palm Beach...
Gold and Commodities Soar With Fed Inflation News
Commodities markets have soared on news of a global currency inflationary war by central...
No Social Security COLA Next Year
Social Security recipients will go a second consecutive year without receiving a cost-of-living adjustment...
Bank of America Suspends Foreclosure Sales
Amid the rising turmoil in the housing market, the Bank of America announced today...
Washington Could Learn From Havana and Moscow
Once upon a time the United States had some standing to lecture communist countries...
Gold and Competitive Currency Destruction
The price of gold as measured against the U.S. dollar hit a record $1,341...
IMF Outlook for Global Economy Gloomy
There is little growth on the horizon for the global economy, and a significant...
Corn Syrup Makers Seek Name Change for Sweetener
With high-fructose corn syrup suffering from years of bad press, and consumption of the...
Recession is Over?
With a straight face, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the...
Debate Over Government Pension Plans Heats Up
After losing billions during the economic crisis, bloated benefits of state and local government-employee...
Secret Billionaire Luncheon Produces Dire Predictions
Bilderbergers, look out, here comes another super secret meeting of billionaires predicting the future...
Arthur Sulzberger Contemplates the Future of the New York Times
The New York Times will stop publishing its print edition sometime in the future....
Shock Therapy for the Housing Market
The Obama administration, writes the New York Times, has done just about everything in...
Bernanke Whitewashes Fed Responsibility for “Great Recession”
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke largely whitewashed Federal Reserve responsibility for the housing...