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This Two Minute Video Really Puts the National Debt Into Perspective
March 19, 2013 If you know someone who really doesn't understand the national debt and how we got 'here,' show them this clip. It pretty much sums it up.
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March 19, 2013
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CEO Pay Went Up 27% in 2010
April 4, 2011 I think that in these troubled economic times, sometimes we forget the real victims . . . CEOs. Do you know how hard it is to be a family with only one private jet? Or when you can't afford a third butler for your summer home in the south of France?
Well, THANK GOD, in 2010, CEOs finally got some relief. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median CEO pay in the U.S. jumped 27% in 2010. For the rest of us, pay went up 2.1%, or about 13 times less.
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World Unrest Causing Gas Prices To Soar
February 24, 2011 The unrest half a world away is causing gas prices to rise in the US and here locally.
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The Economy Is Getting Better
February 23, 2011
You can finally throw out all of your frayed, hole-ridden underwear... the good times are here again, baby!
Kiplinger.com just put out a list of indicators that the economy is on the way back up, and the big one is that people are finally replacing their old underwear. When the economy started tanking, underwear sales fell. Now they've finally stabilized.
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Traffic Has Never Been Better Due To the Economy
This is pretty much the textbook definition of looking for a silver lining. Yes, the recession has had an impact on every single person in this country. Yes, it's wreaked havoc on all of our jobs