In a time where the big discussion is rather or not we should extend tax cuts to the top 2% of earners in the country, this is what’s happening: The poverty rate rose to 14.3 percent during 2009 from 13.2 percent the previous year as household income stayed flat and the number of people without […]
Next year seniors won’t see an increase in their monthly Social Security checks. The increase, which is determined by cost of living up to June of the previous year, was determined to not be necessary by the government. A lot of people depend on these checks, and as well depend on Medicare. Currently Medicare has […]
17,000 jobs lost in January. Wow: The economy lost 17,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department reported on Friday, an unexpected decline that marks the most striking evidence yet that the United States may be slipping into a recession. But don’t let that bad news get you down. Exxon has set another record profit year: […]
Time again to see how the surge is going in Iraq. This has become a monthly series for me, and a chart makes it so much easier to gauge. First for U.S. casualties. These past three months have been the deadliest three month cycle for U.S. forces since the war began. While June was not […]
Already this year has been plagued with deadly tornadoes and we could be facing another record setting hurricane season, which is slated to start in the next couple of months. We have ignored the scientists and warning signs of global warming in the name of profits. As matter of fact, we now have proof that […]