The State OF The State

In an age of political expediency especially in Florida with the up coming Gubernatorial election it appears that Florida's Governor is poised once again to spend millions of dollars to secure his own reelection. There appears that there are no dark horses within the...

Beyond The Numbers

There is a clear case of manipulation of labor statistics. It is no more evident than this past April when the Department of Labor and Wall Street analysis differ in the unemployment figures. What many of our elected officials in Washington seem to believe is that the...

Another Boom Gone Bust

While the United States economy continues to flounder the stock market on the other hand has certainly been good to investors this past year and just maybe a little too good. There are already warning signs of trouble ahead. It seems like deja vu all over again with yet...

The Crisis Ahead

Those magnificent "Wizards" on Wall Street are poised once again to reap humongous rewards courtesy of our illustrious most benevolent legislatures in Washington. It seems that today those wondrous leaders of states only ambition is creating more opportunities that just seems...

When The Dollar Tanks

With dire warnings comes David Stockman's analysis of the future for the US economy. A future so bleak it continues to scare the bee-gees out of all of us who have read his latest article. To the rescue we have Paul Krugman whose own analysis paints a somewhat rosier picture...

They Have Done It Again

From Joyce's Ulysses quote "Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past" we are supposed to embellish our present moments where ever one happens to be. It strikes me as somewhat ironic that at the time when Ulysses was written how one simple quote...

The Unabridged State Of The Union

We have heard it all before just as in last years State of The Union Address where the President underscored the need for change in Washington to usher in better opportunities for all Americans. What has happened in the past year since his last address when he again reveled...

They Know Not What They Do

It has become more apparent each day that for the past 35 years now our elected officials in Washington and for that matter too in State Houses all across the country enact legislation which is so contrary to basic reasoning and logic it really is pathetic. This while...

National Economic Reforms: Department of Economic Development

Not since FDR has the United States been faced with the enormity of rebuilding America's economy. An economy which has been decimated by factors very reminiscent of the events that led to the Great Depression of the 1930's. What we are faced with today is that the United...

No Winners Only Loosers

This election may be a pivotal point in US history but the facts are already on the wall. No matter who wins the Presidency it is the American citizens who will be the unlucky looser's. Both Mit Romney and President Obama still are barking up the wrong tree sort of speaking...

Here They Come To Save The Day

Right out of a Richy Rich cartoon comes the Republicans. The limo's, the high and mighty, the unconscionably wealthy who overshadow everyone else, and the entourages that follow in lock step close behind, all of this coming to town. Yes, folks the RNC is alive and well like a...

A Case In Point

When the mayor of Scranton, Pa.took drastic measures for trying in salvaging the cities budget by slashing all municipal workers salaries to minimum wage at $7.25 per hour has set off a firestorm of resentment and even put the city in more economic and financial peril...

In The Economy It's The Little Guy

In a era of mega corporate profits and obscene Executive pay it has always been the small business owner and entrepreneur that really has been the bread and butter of the US economy. The biggest concern today in regaining the economic prominence that America enjoyed years...